Jonas Kaufmann: Managing other people’s cancellations

The numbers are in at the Erl winter festival in Tyrol and the backers are happy.

When the curtain dropped last night, 94 percent of tickets had been sold, more than ever before. What counted even more was that artistic director Kaufmann was able to summon world-famous jump-ins when his original cast started coughing. When Kaufmann called, Jessica Pratt, Lisette Oropesa and Levy Sekgapane got on a plane to a palce they may never have heard of before.

This is Kaufmann’s new career: managing other people’s cancellations.

Also credited at curtain fall for the festival’s success was the Israeli chief conductor Asher Fisch (pic).

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