2. So. The revolt. To me. I think you own us is a one off its royce has a power and a beauty combined and hes so musical and speaks all these languages and hes like he has it all the thing about illness kaufman is that hes a phenomenally intelligent guy he thinks about everything i mean of course hes a good looking very handsome 10 or very often they are fed up your not so good looking and he has everything you know must have gone through a rough patch i mean does not been well so and has a lot of expectation and were all rooting for him you know where he fits in the pantheon of the great tennis certainly hes one for the ages no question. You know scott is arguably the greatest singer of his generation. At the Royal Opera HouseCovent Garden hes been tackling one of the most taxing roles in italian opera their days otello in the final hour before going on stage there was a little piece in his dressing room one thing for effect. No no to a few years to turn so proud to say yeah it just surprises you it comes right its a concert right up there but give it a. Busy fair go to find a way to make that work because here. You are right up. There do. You. Think what were. Really just trying not to break into all is part of. This story so i discern 33. Of these are all great scholars of the north of the most incredible off the wall. Otello is seen as the everest a role that requires a certain amount of self torture and of course physically that can cramp you up. It is not so fun to play once you know how to deal with it vocally and how to somehow control your emotions then its its its fantastic well i found yes but i did it oh im going to the front. Again and this is. Going to. Be half men. Talking to people with this issue its wonderful. I know. Yeah. 4 minutes before the opera is due to start its off the stage nothing can be left a chance. Yes was i his a rival as the victorious general will be precisely 4 minutes into the opera with his song of triumph esle totty rejoice but the performance cant begin until hes in position in the wings only then can shakespeares manipulator jago launched the evenings drama with the 2 multiple storm at sea. Back stage one minute 20 seconds off to the start the dull from the wings flew open and confident in full costume sprinted away from the stage all the way back to his dressing hed forgotten his sword is that ill be back in a sec and they were on the shock i mean everyone to dress or. The makeup lady. The stage hands of the stage managers think chest death toll has never been a make. Im an avid i know them all pro well enough to know that im if i really run up and i run down im gonna make it and time. Maybe even the little sweat on the forehead no one noticed that well you come from battlefield obviously you can be out of breath why not. Earth. Her. First time was right was. Was. The mystery of the dressing room i went back upstairs or difficult so what i just showed up there to help direct you instinct just tell how many seconds you have before you start singing i dont know i mean i didnt have to stop at all i just could easily go in and start saying. How funny is not a man to lose is not unlike some other. Young chick of he has this this habit to just call it. Not stopping from just the room and just go straight on stage because it stresses them out too to be in the way things and waiting to go on that is actually not my problem but it laziness a business. That was stupid why dont you go without it no i cannot go on without a soul diamond as a toddler without the sold. Few in his home city of munich would accuse you of being lazy across 18 months he recently chalked up 13 different operas around the world as well as dozens of concerts and song recitals he stopped by fountains wherever he goes he knows all about them and sit there and because he is one himself my name is carl funk ever since he was a boy hes back to his home team and bon munich this is perfect on this occasion he reckoned their opponents hamburg s. V. Were in for a roasting over the oh. Oh oh oh oh oh oh. And he was proud to show off the byron stadium and i thought that that is it a place most singers would run a mile from if you come and you think i have to save some ways because after a brutal war or whatever you cant i mean you simply cant i mean its i mean everybody who is into football knows that this sports i mean you cannot stand still you cannot just silently watch a game. Was. Compared with the 75000 fans in the stadium the Royal Albert Hall in london boasts a mere 5 and a half 1000 that on television and radio millions more across the world while waiting for a young star turn at the last night of the problems the 1st time a german singer had been booked for rule britannia yet of course i know the melody of those Everybody Knows that i have a ton of it i have no clue about the text honestly. All the other nations. Fault with hi rather but its quite young strong well i mean some under the years ago. He was very particular about the drive to the hole to be sure he arrived after the audience was safely inside. He always has fan mail waiting for him in his dressing room but this time a 10 year veteran had left him a present to set the tone for the get out of here 30. First. Yeah well next time the Previous Year when i had been the last of the problems my wife would give me a pair of union jack boxer shorts to give me inspiration for the evening and so i thought it might be a nice idea to continue this tradition im going with this may not be your only under way youre received from strangers this evening excuse me. Oh boy. You know this see the 5 minutes or minutes. Thinking. Shoes oh yeah oh. Oh. Oh oh. Oh yes. All right. Pretty. Close busy knit service. With its amazing to have all these people standing just like next to the edge of the stage its fantastic isnt it not at all theres a barrier. So they cant climb but. You know its not if if an audience would be intimidating i think you shouldnt be performing you on folds only in front of the building. Its very boring to see your dress and. What makes somebody stand out is ultimately ultimately is the quality of the voice but what is the quality of the ways is it just what youre given by the guy upstairs or is it something that is a potential that you then develop and hone oh lets not go to this interview. Because i think thats what it really is and its that and the personality behind the voice that is projected. To grow on i think you know i. Didnt think i was going to the opera world has a certain stake in his success you know all the big opera houses certainly do and you know you want somebody like that to succeed. At the peak of his success on his part of the opera direct to christiania lutes live in munich. Its where he was born in his student singing days the cafe louis told was a regular haunt. But for years he was a prophet without honor in his own city or his own opera house i sang a total of 4 performances for performances in 15 years a mystery i mean there really is that because i mean identity in 2004 and a couple. Of 2006 in at the met i mean that was it and along with already a lot scala and so on so i mean its every major house again and so on they all realized and except for me. You know early february his star status was recognized at the Barbican Center in london in what they called the cosman residency tool control concerts a public discussion with young singers and 1st stop a song recital that very evening with his pianist. So you guys want to stretch where it is some stage of you just to sit down have a quick chat with your afternoon chair yeah you see im not in time to to reverse not for 3 hours i mean why would i. For the bar become and for him it was a high wire act especially since hed been out of action for several months with a vocal injury. Were off for our trouble. Sharing her. Boss with the partnership of Helmut Deutsch likes to switch from the heroic roles of grand opera to the intimacy of the song recital. This fantastic your hand hes coming to now e. D. S. And shit so that severe. Hes popped it was the hands wonderful on stage thats like jesus christ i was thinking its really exciting hes actually missing tonight yeah. I guess. Never you know yes. Let me drop my pants are falling. I do eat every took off for breakfast so still most everybody is waiting to see whether hes still the subs that title the worlds great stuff. Oh earth was. A war going to. Our our. The last time cost money until each had performed together was in south america the previous oldest thought was well cosman noticed a vocal problem. At 1st there was no cause for a long but it turned out to be serious we had to reside in some paulo which was pretty well and very very good the next one was in. Lima and he didnt feel comfortable does it i dont want to see whats whats wrong and 2 days later it was but his eyes it was up again it was very very very good and then he burst out again sir and then his doctor found their reason for this not so beecher and imperiled saludos they stayed bail much a picture. After journeying to High Altitude in the andes not you picture itself is 2 and a half 1000 meters above sea level the trouble with his voice began it ruled out old performances for a period that in the end lasted 5 months its very simple a tiny little blood vessel popped open and vocal cords vibrate so many times per minute and they touch each other each and every time and if something goes wrong there. It cannot heal on its own when you dont know it and you dont leave it alone meaning when you dont shut up completed. Her that. Was. It was stepwise it was not ok you have to rest 3 months it was ok 2 weeks maybe maybe a little bit more and then another 2 weeks and then 3 weeks and you know. Her. 2 dreams. This was just. Popping open several times and also there i was in singing at all just im sitting dinner table and talk to friends and from one second to the other think what happened next. So. Its just constantly. In this a. Treadmill waiting to finally find the exit. Its. This. One positive thing obviously was i was home and i saw my kids much more than the last couple of years so it was a nice side effect but still i prefer to have performed almost. The path to the top hasnt been easy 20 years ago with a punishing show jewel is a young opera singer in germany he found he was horribly in trouble and lost confidence everything i even lost my was on stage during a performance i couldnt sing and had to conduct and looked at me like hey whats going on tonight i cant i couldnt. Housman found a new teacher who showed him how to avoid vocal stress by relaxing the roots of his tongue and keeping his larynx down it was the making of him for the 1st time have a probably i had a reliable instrument even though it was still edgy and it was not around at all the high i could sing on and on and on and wouldnt get tired the day after the 2nd barbican concert hall wagner he had the opportunity for some maintenance ok theres probably gets into the shooter. To the street if you feel the pull around the corner and that you know its a nice to know you to know it for real but. Its incredibly physical and you know the muscular work is enormous like a sportsman kosman is alert to any hint of a physical problem the next one is monday so i mean its a quite some here i do know its a little bit longer but its also where theyre arriving and everything you only see is perceptive enough to realize that the larynx isnt moving as freely as he would like probably the best analogy is a sports car where the handbrake is on slightly and youre just not getting the performance you would expect out of the vehicle and also get you from a to b. But what you are expecting is something that is far more responsive now as soon as we release those tight muscles then the performance returns to the voice works. For yaz. His reward afternoon tea at his Westminster Hotel where he briefed his press agent thomas forked ahead of the 3rd barbican event the following day. Help order shannon i was that cough today i dont know why maybe i overdid it yesterday. But its Getting Better but hes great that guy just great. Next afternoon was his conversation with students from the Guild Hall School of music but the morning brought unwelcome news for the audience. He won the title stakes we did 100 wednesday whether that was cold in the offing secure its why all this mean following his health on line for it was assisting the state of the issue now is just to pray that eunices well for the stars for our songs monday mondays concert was planned as the climax of the cult one season. The 4 last songs by lee called strauss are a cornerstone of the soprano repertoire nobody can remember them being tackled by a tenor before. But at the start of the rehearsal on the saturday it became clear that cuff ones health was still in doubt. So i shall say hello from your nasa just send me an email was a few marks which we can already put into scored on our parts i take press by he wants to go on so i think its a good sign for tomorrow that he will be here at least. Or yes or at least on monday evening. Again. By the time your can read arrived on the monday the cold turned into bronchitis and the bronchitis want. To go. Most difficult situations for us no i mean hes he so wanted to do yeah and i actually thought he might finally own misfortunes out today which was ok next time we have to be sure that he wont people i mean fans or or or you know 3 months later and fully recovered and was back in london for his big operatic challenge that is all tell us your god on sure. 2 weeks of intense rehearsal and a major psychological challenges one is a musical one guided by the conductor until a new partner and the director keith moon. Spawns with his evil nemesis jago sung here by marco brought tanya. Hammond just to pace the drama without too much happening too soon but its a question that is loud ready which i think. For to david any to. Walk oh. Yes there are slow. Going priorities oh. Oh. The problem is early on that if we get too physical too soon amen to that thats why i really its about your its words at the moment yeah i think its important to keep your own us stimulated musically dramatically because he can take that little bit of information and then build a house out of it she told him to see more and more of her sure. Jago professes his loyalty. But also tello has to decide whether hes friend or foe ok. Well. I think jealousy is exactly what ya go is planting in all tell those mind and lets just see it work when you step by step by step the suggestion is that all tellers new wife does damon is having an affair tell who is told but demands proof. Was. Very good if youve done that you should know just as theyre going to come and turn them around. She walks down stage youre looking beautiful so you and he just hold in there and if he tries to resist it you know just hold him and whisper all the shit into his balls. Ok. Thats right. Oh so ok go reaching all over. In maison concentration he has amazing concentration on on everything and thats why i think this is one of his big powers this power to concentrate its almost like sandwiches and i think cost money and even the real best book were rehearsing for a concert and im still done one of the highlights was the great love duet from alltel or it came to weeks before the operas Opening Night at Covent Garden with a difference a promise. They say. You see. This is to be quite surprising this tuomo as to come out of nowhere i dont know its still not not to to scare off you know well no no thats why everybody says thats it called a friend they dont do and these people yeah these people make trouble all the time. Was. Born. Absolutely fabulous your. Company guardian all tell us bright is being cited by the italian. Aggressed. 2 the the. They. The only a very. Little but the middle one ball sure the 2nd one you want to come. Forward. To. The. Thing with a. Horror whole. New era where. Stuff. The whole plot of the teller turns on does damon is handkerchief jago will produce this love token from a husband as the apparent proof of her adultery but 1st as damon has to lose it how is the problem so you dont need to throw it when you can do. Well thats what its i mean thats what it says i know but its i think throw it back to her is what i would do and then just let it go from there it just drops out of your hand. To do what. You know. Its a tiny detail but critical to the plot and takes up a quarter of an hour of this rehearsal and you think we still was there with that hanky i mean i mean both believe that she would take more care because its ive heard its its the symbol of all of the love of her life and everything how my dad was like to her well i tell you what probably throw it down that me. If you dont feel hes being argumentative or difficult to really think you know hes searching to find out what this is about a new course you know any directory things you go to all the answers is a fool its funny i love the idea of her just drops out of it but anyway good. Well but if it doesnt it guys stay with it for a day after if it doesnt work because it does its very clear here it is very clear what youre doing its very clear with. The toughest role in this would be enough the most serious. But at the same time one of these big challenges. The one concern the bottom up so he sang the love direct from deep. With its hair raising cries of fill some. Vals you know those 2 valves are just. You know i mean held them half an hour it is sort of a tradition with that if you listen to them now they are recording where he halted for 11 seconds all tenors are like thanks yeah so everybody is that those valves are famous for. For people wanting to show their big voice. Oh it is in response credible but i mean its you see i mean i checked the facts and its 14 years ago that are saying the last time here im still. I was always praising this whole because its so beautiful and the christie was oh perfect i mean obviously theyre super introduced to everyone. For the book but. All the part no. You know we book on stuff you see im. Those super enthusiastic sounds almost part of the cost of an entourage which concert promoters and he himself have to money even on stage the adoration can become obsessive theres never been a performance of tosca like that in vienna in 2016. Nobody was. Ever any member of the. Have. And used to be quite popular that people would ask for an encore but i was in this case i was just blown away because i didnt make any arrangements for the conductor. I just realized after a while actually after about what 5 or 6 minutes. Of applause i cant get away with that i mean its just and i had to start laughing as this moment where you can see me actually smiling because i thought boy i mean this is this is really happening i cannot stay longer in the park. And of course thats that encourage them to even clap more and cheer and. It was it was really really really wonderful moment force this is because i still did not because of who i know would. To repeat and i love that you know i mean it rarely happens but you know there is an element of circus in what we do and its great and its a show its a its its a sign of generosity towards the public. The trouble is that on calls are not always popular with all the singers. This is the moment of his love of tosca sung by the soprano angela guild you just you on stage to rescue him from the firing squad. And now i realize shes not there shes supposed to be here with the guards and and this is one we actually brace each other and i look over there i look twice i look 3 times i know shes not coming. The conductor is still very confident because it hasnt looked up. And yeah i have to stop him in some way. You know. One of the im going to put on. The funny thing is you can still hear the violence. Because they are still in hope that it might continue and then he realizes there is no way we have to stop it was left to constant to explain to the audience to finish the words fail me im sure its the same for you but now i see the signal that we can continue my apologies we wanted to do it so nicely in a single take. Second time like. Even the embrace of the end came early. House among remains diplomatic about whats gone wrong the killer explained no. Not really i mean i i dont want to get too much into it. We are not. In agreement shoes faultiness lets put it that way. Air media. For. Ya goes web of deceit has now wound up to wreak terrible vengeance on his innocent wife martial abuse becomes nada. I usually have no problem and slipping out of character couldnt falls and youre back in your private life but with this last scene it really hit home song for you always a little bit yeah and a strange mood. Theres a lot of emotional violence also in the music and this is something that can really affect you and home because it is difficult not to get your voice affected too much by. Through our own death thank you. First of the once a month from now. Ok put them some of your p. C. P. C. Because that will be a surprise of course i did another one here. Might be very unflattering. To secure. Thank you thank. You when he leaves Covent Garden late at night you know scotland has one final duty to perform but once again. 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