German tenor Jonas Kaufmann speaks about classic music amid pandemic

Romar Fernando

January 19, 2021

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  The German tenor Jonas Kaufmann has spoken about the condition of classic music industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, January 18, Monday.

  “What we miss is this connection and it doesn’t matter if they wear masks or whatever. I would probably feel them, sense them even if they were behind a curtain. But they are there. This is what really matters,” said Kaufmann after performing at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house.

  “Usually there is the applause and then you relax and start smiling at you take a bow, but if there is just this eternal silence what can you do? It’s embarrassing really. So my apologies. Audience we need you and we need you now more than ever.” He said in a press release.

  While the majority of the venues in the world remains closed, Spain’s main opera house has remained open despite the small number of audiences and minimum health standards being implemented.

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