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pearlmuth3 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
YES HE is FAVORITE OF MINE AS A LYRIC. HEARD HIM AT HIS AMERICAN DEBUT, CHICAGO AND ALWAYS LIKED HIS CLASSY SINGING And great high notes but i like a darker voice in the role with a less careful approach as jhvorotin says but would still rather hear him then many others-- also check out Neil Shicoff in the role, two are on you tube, the earlier version is his best and is acted out very well. Kraus is older here and his high C was still fine so he throws it in too show vocal youth! Bravo
randal30 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
He is perfect, elegant and his voice is so passional.Kraus, you are fantastic, what a loss had the Opera World with your death.Kraus sei fantastico, che grande perdita ha avuto il mondo della lirica con la tua morte.Un omagio da uno studente di canto (tenore) sarebbe stato bello averti come maesto.
jhvorotin (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
too lyrical, too "coloraturist", too "belcantist" for this type of aria, which should be more theatrical. the high C is inappropriate. His energy is just wastetd on a single, useless note. what a pity given the fact that he sounded so effortless throughout the aria. Ah well...he's an amazing tenor annyway. I'm just criticizing his choices of interpretation that's all.
BeniaminoGigli (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!MAESTRO!!!!!!!!!
EmilyGreene1984 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Actually he doesn't loose one woman after another, at least in the opera. The three "women" are supposed to represent three facets of one woman's character - the mechanical doll, the ingenue, and then the courtesan - whom, you see at the end of the opera.
ontologix (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Good singing; zero stars for the interpretation of Hoffmann as an elegant grand-seigneur. He is a deeply troubled poet, loses one loved woman after the other, and resorts to drinking.Klein-Zack, the ugly dwarf, is a reference to E.T.A. Hoffmann´s figure which was deformed. You just cannot present this ballad in belcanto.Alexandru Badea in the 2007 Regensburg production by Regina Brandt gave an adequate rendering of this part. Corinna von Rad in Aachen 2008 presented a worried Hoffmann too.
malamutet (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
grande Alfredo, più ti ascolto e più mi piaci, sei nell'Olimpo del canto.
javiergraciasanchis (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
el gran Kraus!!!
mestrehistoria (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Como siempre, extraordinario en su ejecución, en los tiempos, en la calidad y técnica. Un tenor único, irrepetible e irreplazable.Gracias maestro.
tonyantony (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
He is great.You should check out Gedda's version , he was great as Hoffmann. |
