Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann was born in 1969 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an operatic tenor, known for In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Andrea Chénier: Live from the Royal Opera House (2015) and Tosca (2011). He has been married to Christiane Lutz since January 2019. They have one child. He was previously married to Margarete Joswig.
Casanova Variations
as Count BranickiAlone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and...
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Gounod: Faust
as FaustTenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this...
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Verdi: Don Carlo
as Don CarloVerdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then...
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Verdi: Otello
as OtelloLike an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast...
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Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as uncreditedIn its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere...
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Tosca
as Mario CavaradossiThe star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann...
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The ROH Live: La forza del destino
as Don AlvaroVerdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging...
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Bizet Carmen
as Don JoséLive recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of...
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Puccini Manon Lescaut
as Des GrieuxThe French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
as SiegmundRobert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course...
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Massenet: Werther
as WertherWerther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry...
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Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
as uncreditedFor the centenary of the Verona Opera Festival, Jonas Kaufmann gave a gala concert in the Arena...
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Manon Lescaut
as Des GrieuxManon Lescaut's production was updated and it worked. Highly professional production with two of...
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Adriana Lecouvreur
as MaurizioStarring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann...
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Beethoven: Fidelio
as FlorestánBeethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new...
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Parsifal
as ParsifalThe Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final...
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Carmen
as Don JoseJonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José...
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Parsifal
as ParsifalThe male circle of the Grail Knights is in crisis. Time and again, knights desert to the...
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Verdi: Requiem
as uncreditedThis is an exhilarating experience both visually and aurally. How wonderful that Barenboim is...
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Verdi La Forza del Destino
as Don AlvaroThis performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal...
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Walküre
as SiegmundAs a storm rages, Siegmund the Wälsung, exhausted from pursuit by enemies in the forest,...
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Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini
as HimselfIn June 2015, superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala in Milan to...
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Fierrabras
as FierrabrasSchubert Opera composed in 1823 but not performed until 1988. It is set in a medieval world and...
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Carmen
as Don JoséLive performance from Teatro alla Scala, 7 December 2009 .
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Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
as Ein SängerHerbert Wernicke's production of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", filmed live at the...
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Wagner: Lohengrin
as LohengrinWagner's Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to...
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Humperdinck - Königskinder
as uncreditedEngelbert Humperdinck's opera in an Opernhaus Zurich staging
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Paisiello Nina
as Lindoro/PastoreThe opera: Nina, o sia La Pazza Per Amore itself, is an extra-ordinary sad and touching story,...
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Summer Night Concert: 2020
as TenorThe Summer Night Concert was performed this year on September 18th 2020. It is an annual...
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The Legacy of Othello
as SelfA fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by...
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Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
as Turiddu / CanioAs comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but...
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The ROH Live: Otello
as OtelloOn a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
as WertherStar tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero...
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Giordano: Andrea Chernier
as Andrea Chenier“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him...
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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
as Don CarlosSet in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry...
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La Fanciulla del West
as uncreditedA celebrated new production of Puccini’s La fanciulla del West from the Vienna State opera...
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Jonas Kaufmann: Dolce Vita
as HimselfJK's is definitely in love with Italy; not only is he fluent in Italian but he sings here...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West
as Dick JohnsonSoprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the...
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Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
as LohengrinThe people of the Duchy of Brabant are divided by quarrels and political infighting; also, a...
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Salzburg 20/21: Beethoven - Fidelio
as FlorestanNikolaus Harnoncourt is the conductor in this 2004 production of Beethoven's only opera staged...
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Jonas Kaufmann: Tenor for the Ages
as himselfIntimate behind-the-scenes documentary about the handsome German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, one of...
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Korngold: Die tote Stadt
as PaulErich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" in a Bayerische Staatsoper production from 2019,...
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Ariadne auf Naxos
as The Tenor/BacchusStarring Jonas Kaufmann as Bacchus and featuring Emily Magee with Daniel Harding conducting the...
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La Clemenza di Tito
as Tito VespasianoThis is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s...
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Castle Einstein
as Till HainzingerSchloss Einstein is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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