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Jonas Kaufmann
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| Born | 10 July 1969 Munich, West Germany
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| Occupation | Operatic tenor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Children | 4 |
Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, 1969) is a famous German-Austrian opera singer. He is a tenor, which means he sings high notes. Jonas is known for being able to sing many different types of opera roles. He performs in various languages in concerts and shows every year. Some of his most well-known roles include Don José in Carmen and Cavaradossi in Tosca. He also played the main characters in operas like Parsifal and Lohengrin. In 2014, The New York Times called him "the most important and versatile tenor of his generation."
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Early Life and Music Training
Jonas Kaufmann was born in Munich, Germany. His father worked for an insurance company, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher. He has an older sister. Jonas started playing the piano when he was eight years old. He also sang in his elementary school choir.
Even though he studied for math exams, he began vocal training in 1989. He went to the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. While studying, he sang small parts at the Bavarian State Opera. He finished university in 1994. He earned high honors for both opera and concert performances.
In 1995, an American baritone singer named Michael Rhodes helped Jonas. Rhodes taught him a "new way of singing." This helped Jonas feel more relaxed with his voice and himself. Jonas said that finding someone like Michael Rhodes was "a great stroke of luck."
Jonas Kaufmann's Career Journey
Jonas Kaufmann started his professional singing career in 1994. He began at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken. Soon, he was invited to perform in major German theaters. These included the Stuttgart Opera and Hamburg State Opera. He also made his first international appearances. He sang at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opéra National de Paris, and La Scala.
In 1999, he performed at the Salzburg Festival for the first time. He returned there in 2003. He sang as Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He also performed in concerts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. He sang with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
In 2006 and 2007, he played Don José in Bizet's Carmen. This performance at the Royal Opera House in London was highly praised. In 2006, he also made his debut as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata. He sang alongside Angela Gheorghiu at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics loved this performance too. He continued to sing this role at the Met in 2007 and 2008. He also performed it at the Royal Opera House in 2008. In May 2008, he played Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca in London. This role also received great reviews.
In 2008 and 2009, he performed in Massenet's Manon in Chicago. He sang opposite Natalie Dessay. He also took on the main role in a new production of Wagner's Lohengrin. This was at the Bavarian State Opera. He sang Lohengrin again in 2010 at the Bayreuth Festival.
His first album with Decca, called Romantic Arias, came out in January 2008. He also recorded a Schubert song cycle and the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
In January 2010, he played the main character in Massenet's Werther. This was at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. The performance was recorded and released on DVD later that year.
In April 2011, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera. He sang as Siegmund in Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre. In September 2011, he had surgery to remove a lymph node from his chest. By December, he was back on stage. He performed the main role in Gounod's Faust.
On February 15, 2013, Kaufmann sang the main role in Wagner's Parsifal for the first time. This was at the Metropolitan Opera. His performance received excellent reviews from critics. In July of that year, he was given the title Kammersänger by the Bavarian Ministry of Arts. This is a special honor for singers. In December, he sang as Don Alvaro in Verdi's La forza del destino.
In February 2014, Kaufmann sang the main role in Massenet's Werther at the Met again. After this, he went on tour. He performed Schubert's song cycle Winterreise with Helmut Deutsch. In June 2014, he sang as Des Grieux in Puccini's Manon Lescaut for the first time. This was at the Royal Opera House in London. In November, he sang the same role at the Bavarian State Opera.
On September 12, 2015, Jonas Kaufmann made history. He became the first German singer to perform the British patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" at the Last Night of The Proms.
In 2016, a documentary film about him was released. It was called Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini. The film showed his 2015 performance at La Scala in Milan. It also included rare old footage.
In 2018, Kaufmann sang as Tristan in concert performances. These were for the second act of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
In 2019, Jonas Kaufmann toured Germany. He performed songs from Mahler's “Lied von der Erde.” He also sang from his "L'Opéra" CD. His opera performances included Fidelio and Otello at the Bayerische Staatsoper. He also sang in La Forza del destino in London. Other roles were Andrea Chenier in Australia and a new production of Die Tote Stadt in Munich.
In 2020, he toured with his album "Mein Wien." He performed in Aida in Napoli and Don Carlos in Vienna. He also sang in La Bohème in Munich and Cavalleria Rusticana in Napoli.
In 2021, Kaufmann gave concerts in Madrid and Vienna. He sang in new productions of Aida in Paris and Parsifal in Vienna. He also fully debuted as Tristan at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Kaufmann also toured North America with pianist Helmut Deutsch.
Jonas Kaufmann started 2022 by singing the main role in Britten's Peter Grimes. This was at the Wiener Staatsoper. In March 2022, he recorded Turandot in a studio. He sang the role of Calaf for the first time. He also performed a public concert in Rome.
After Turandot, Kaufmann went on a tour of eleven concerts. He sang Lieder by Brahms and Schumann with Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch. He performed in cities like Berlin, Munich, Paris, and London. He also sang Calaf in Turandot in Rome. He performed Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca in Naples. He sang the main role in Lohengrin in Melbourne. He also made his first opera appearance at the Arena di Verona. There, he performed Radames in Aida.
To start the 2022/23 season, Kaufmann returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper. He performed the main role in Britten's Peter Grimes. In the new year, he sang Radames in Verdi's Aida in Vienna. He performed alongside Anna Netrebko and Elīna Garanča. At the Wiener Staatsoper, he also sang the main role in Andrea Chenier. He later performed this role at La Scala. He debuted as the main character in Tannhäuser at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele. He also performed the main role in Werther at the Royal Opera House. In concerts, he gave several recitals in Europe and South America.
In the 2023/24 season, Kaufmann performed in the world premiere of Doppelgänger in New York. He also sang Calaf in Puccini's Turandot in Vienna.
Personal Life
Jonas Kaufmann has been married two times. His first marriage was to mezzo-soprano Margarete Joswig. They had three children together, but their marriage ended in divorce.
His second marriage is to opera director Christiane Lutz. They got married in late 2018. They had a child together in March 2019.
Jonas Kaufmann has dual citizenship. He is both German and Austrian. He received Austrian citizenship in February 2021. He currently lives in Salzburg.
Discography
Audio Albums
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| 2001 | Der Vampyr | Jonas Kaufmann / Franz Hawlata / Regina Klepper / Anke Hoffmann / Markus Marquardt / Thomas Dewald / Yoo-Chang Nah / WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln & Helmuth Froschauer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2006 | Strauss Lieder | Jonas Kaufmann / Piano Helmut Deutsch | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2008 | Romantic Arias | Jonas Kaufmann / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Marco Armiliato | 31 | – | – | 148 | – | – | – | |||||
| 2008 | Puccini: Madama Butterfly | Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann / Enkeleida Shkosa / Fabio Capitanucci / Orchestra e Coro dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma / Antonio Pappano | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2009 | Sehnsucht | Jonas Kaufmann / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Claudio Abbado | 48 | – | – | 119 | – | – | – | |||||
| 2010 | Schubert – Die schöne Müllerin | Jonas Kaufmann | – | – | – | 133 | – | – | – | |||||
| Verismo Arias | Jonas Kaufmann | 51 | – | – | 68 | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2011 | Die Superstars der Klassik – Singen die schönsten Opernarien | Erwin Schrott / Anna Netrebko / Jonas Kaufmann | 34 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2012 | Königskinder – Engelbert Humperdinck | Jonas Kaufmann / Isabel Rey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2013 | Wagner | Kaufmann / Runnicles / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | 43 | 30 | 99 | 76 | – | – | – | |||||
| Verdi Requiem | Anja Harteros / Elīna Garanča / Jonas Kaufmann / René Pape / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala / Daniel Barenboim | 37 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Best of | Jonas Kaufmann | – | – | 148 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Jonas Kaufmann | Jonas Kaufmann | – | 59 | – | 145 | – | – | – | ||||||
| The Verdi Album | Jonas Kaufmann | 16 | 7 | 120 | 53 | 58 | 55 | 100 | ||||||
| 2014 | Winterreise | Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch | 38 | 22 | 111 | 87 | 1 | 73 | – | |||||
| Du bist die Welt für mich | Jonas Kaufmann, Julia Kleiter (soprano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conductor: Jochen Rieder | 11 | 9 | – | 84 | – | 55 | – | ||||||
| 2015 | The Age of Puccini | Jonas Kaufmann | – | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album | Jonas Kaufmann | 10 | 8 | 161 | 23 | – | 26 | 22 | ||||||
| Aida | Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier, Erwin Schrott, Antonio Pappano & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | 55 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2016 | Dolce Vita | Jonas Kaufmann | 7 | 7 |
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| 2017 | Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde | Jonas Kaufmann | 26 | 43 | 136 | 122 | 78 |
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| L'Opéra | Jonas Kaufmann | 26 | 13 | 102 | 56 |
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| 2018 | Eine italienische Nacht – Live aus der Waldbühne Berlin | Jonas Kaufmann | 29 | 36 |
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| 2019 | Wien | Jonas Kaufmann, Vienna Philharmonic and Ádám Fischer | 10 | 2 | 131 | 130 |
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| 2020 | Verdi: Otello | Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | 30 | 24 | – | – | – | 34 | – | |||||
| Selige Stunde | Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch | 28 | 9 | – | – | – | 61 | – | ||||||
| Sommernachtskonzert 2020 | Jonas Kaufmann, Valery Gergiev, der Wiener Philharmoniker | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| It's Christmas! | Jonas Kaufmann | 6 | 2 | 95 | – | – | 19 | – | ||||||
| 2021 | Liszt – Freudvoll und Leidvoll | Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch | ||||||||||||
| It's Christmas – Extended Edition | Jonas Kaufmann | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | The Tenor | Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Insieme | Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Turandot | Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi, Michael Spyres, Sondra Radvanovsky, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | The Sound of Movies | Jonas Kaufmann | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Parsifal | Jonas Kaufmann, Elina Garanca, Ludovic Tézier, Georg Zeppenfeld, Philippe Jordan | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Puccini: Love Affairs | Anna Netrebko, Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Maria Agresta, Malin Byström, Asmik Grigorian, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Asher Fisch | ||||||||||||
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DVDs and Video Recordings
- 2002: Monteverdi – Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Dietrich Henschel / Isabel Rey)
- 2002: Paisiello – Nina (Jonas Kaufmann / Cecilia Bartoli / László Polgár)
- 2004: Beethoven – Fidelio (Jonas Kaufmann / Camilla Nylund / László Polgár / Alfred Muff / Elizabeth Magnuson / Christoph Strehl)
- 2005: Mozart – La clemenza di Tito (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Eva Mei / Malin Hartelius)
- 2006: Bizet – Carmen (Jonas Kaufmann / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Norah Amsellem)
- 2006: Schubert – Fierrabras (Jonas Kaufmann / Juliane Banse / Michael Volle / Christoph Strehl / László Polgár)
- 2008: Bizet – Carmen (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Isabel Rey / Michele Pertusi)
- 2009: R. Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier (Renée Fleming / Sophie Koch / Diana Damrau / Franz Hawlata / Jonas Kaufmann)
- 2009: Wagner – Lohengrin (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Wolfgang Koch / Michaela Schuster / Christof Fischesser / Evgeny Nikitin)
- 2010: Massenet – Werther (Jonas Kaufmann / Sophie Koch / Michel Plasson)
- 2010: Humperdinck – Königskinder (Jonas Kaufmann / Isabel Rey / Oilver Widmer / Liliana Nikiteanu)
- 2010: Cilea – Adriana Lecouvreur (Jonas Kaufmann / Angela Gheorghiu / Olga Borodina / Alessandro Corbelli)
- 2011: Puccini – Tosca (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee / Thomas Hampson)
- 2011: Wagner – Die Walküre (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Deborah Voigt / Bryn Terfel)
- 2011: Gounod – Faust (Jonas Kaufmann / Marina Poplavskaya / René Pape)
- 2011: Wagner – Der Ring des Nibelungen (Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel / Deborah Voigt / Jay Hunter Morris / Eva-Maria Westbroek)
- 2012: R.Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee / Elena Moșuc / Peter Matić / Cornelius Obonya)
- 2012: Puccini – Tosca (Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel / Antonio Pappano)
- 2012: Verdi – Requiem (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Elīna Garanča / René Pape)
- 2013: Wagner – Parsifal (Jonas Kaufmann / René Pape / Peter Mattei / Katarina Dalayman / Evgeny Nikitin / Daniele Gatti / François Girard)
- 2013: Puccini – La fanciulla del West (Jonas Kaufmann / Nina Stemme / Tomasz Konieczny)
- 2013: Verdi – Don Carlo (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Matti Salminen / Thomas Hampson / Ekaterina Semenchuk)
- 2014: Puccini – Manon Lescaut (Jonas Kaufmann / Kristine Opolais)
- 2014: Verdi – La Forza del destino (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros)
- 2015: Mascagni – Cavalleria rusticana (Jonas Kaufmann / Liudmyla Monastyrska) & Leoncavallo – Pagliacci (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta)
- 2015: Giordano – Andrea Chenier (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Marie Westbroek)
- 2016: Opera Gala Baden Baden – Gala Summer (Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel)
- 2017: Verdi – Otello (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta / Claudio Sgura
- 2021: Korngold – Die Tote Stadt (Jonas Kaufmann/Marlis Petersen)
- 2024: Schumann and Brahms: Love Songs (Jonas Kaufmann/Diana Damrau/Helmut Deutsch)
Opera Roles and Performances
Jonas Kaufmann has performed in many different operas. Here are some of the roles he has played and where he performed them:
ITALIAN OPERAS
| Work | Role | Venue |
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| Bellini: Norma | Flavio | Solothurn (1996) |
| Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur | Maurizio | Deutsche Oper Berlin (2010) London, London, Royal Opera House (2010) New York, Carnegie Hall (2011) |
| Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore | Nemorino | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) |
| Giordano: Andrea Chenier | Andrea Chenier | London, London, Royal Opera House (2015) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2017) Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (2017) Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu (2018) Wiener Staatsoper (2018) Sydney Opera House (2018) Arts Centre Melbourne Hamer Hall (2018) |
| Mascagni/Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | Turiddu/Canio | Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus (2015) |
| Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana | Turiddu | Napoli, Teatro San Carlo (2020) |
| Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea | Nerone | Opernhaus Zürich (2005) London, Royal Festival Hall (2005) |
| Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria | Telemaco | Opernhaus Zürich (2002) |
| Mozart: La clemenza di Tito | Tito | Stadttheater Klagenfurt (1999) Madrid, Teatro Real (1999) Salzburger Festspiele (2003) Opernhaus Zürich (2005) London, Royal Festival Hall (2005) |
| Mozart: Così fan tutte | Ferrando | Teatro Piccolo Milano (1998, 1999) Staatsoper Hamburg (2000) Wiesbaden, Maifestspiele (2000) Oper Frankfurt (2000) Tokyo (2000) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2001) Opernhaus Zürich (2005) |
| Mozart: Don Giovanni | Don Ottavio | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) Bad Lauchstädt, Goethetheater (1996) |
| Mozart: Idomeneo | Idomeneo | Staatstheater Kassel (2001) Opernhaus Zürich (2003) |
| Mozart: Lo sposo deluso K. 430, Symphony No. 9 D. 944 | Pulchiero | Staatstheater Kassel (2001) Opernhaus Zürich (2003) |
| Paer: Leonora | Florestano | Opernhaus Zürich (2000) Theater Winterthur (2000) |
| Paisiello: Nina | Lindoro, Hirt | Opernhaus Zürich (2002) |
| Puccini: La bohème | Rodolfo | Staatsoper Stuttgart (2004) Opernhaus Zürich (2007, 2011) Staatsoper Berlin (2008) Großes Festspielhaus (2012) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2020) |
| Puccini: La fanciulla del West | Dick Johnson | Wiener Staatsoper (2013) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2018) Bayerische Staatsoper (2022) |
| Puccini: Turandot | Calaf | Roma, Santa Cecilia, (2022) |
| Puccini: Manon Lescaut | Des Grieux | London, Royal Opera House (2014) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2014, 2015) |
| Puccini: La rondine | Ruggero | London, Royal Opera House (2004) |
| Puccini: Tosca | Cavaradossi | London, Royal Opera House (2008, 2011) Opernhaus Zürich (2009) Wiener Staatsoper (2009, 2016, 2017) Deutsche Oper Berlin (2009) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2010) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2010, 2013, 2016) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (2011) Staatsoper Hamburg (2018) Teatro di San Carlo (2022) |
| Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia | Almaviva | Staatsoper Stuttgart (1999, 2000, 2001) |
| Verdi: Aida | Radames | Roma, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2015) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2015) Napoli, Teatro San Carlo / Piazza Plebiscito (2020) Paris, Opéra Bastille (2021), Wiener Staatsoper (2023), Arena di Verona (2022) |
| Verdi: Don Carlo | Don Carlo | Opernhaus Zürich (2007) London, Royal Opera House (2009, 2013) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2012, 2013) Salzburger Festspiele (2013) |
| Verdi: Falstaff | Fenton | Opernhaus Zürich (2005) |
| Verdi: La forza del destino | Alvaro | Bayerische Staatsoper München (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) London, Royal Opera House (2019) |
| Verdi: I masnadieri | Carlo | Filderstadt, Herbstliche Musiktage (2005) |
| Verdi: Rigoletto | Duca | Opernhaus Zürich (2005, 2007) |
| Verdi: Otello | Cassio | Lyric Opera of Chicago (2001) Paris, Opéra Bastille (2004) |
| Verdi: Otello | Otello | London, Royal Opera House (2017) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2018, 2019) |
| Verdi: La traviata | Alfredo | Staatsoper Stuttgart (2000, 2005. 2006) Lyric Opera of Chicago (2003) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2006, 2007, 2008) Opernhaus Zürich (2007, 2009) Paris, Palais Garnier (2007) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (2007) London, Royal Opera House (2008) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2009) |
| Verdi: La traviata | Gastone | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) Solothurn (1996) |
| Verdi: Il trovatore | Manrico | Bayerische Staatsoper München (2013) |
FRENCH OPERAS
| Work | Role | Venue |
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| Berlioz: La damnation de Faust | Faust | Dresden, Musikfest (2002) Bruxelles, La Monnaie (2002) Amsterdam, Concertgebouw (2002) Genève, Grand Théâtre (2003) Berlin, Philharmonie (2003) Zürich, Tonhalle (2003) Bochum, Jahrhunderthalle (2004) Roma, Accademia di Santa Cecilia (2006) Wiener Staatsoper (2012) Paris, Opéra Bastille (2015) |
| Bizet: Carmen | Don José | London, Royal Opera House (2007) Opernhaus Zürich (2008) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (2009) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2010) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2010, 2011) Salzburger Festspiele (2012) Berlin, Philharmonie (2012) Chorégies d’Orange (2015) Staatsoper Hamburg (2019) |
| Bizet: Carmen | Remandado | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1994, 1996) Solothurn (1996) |
| Gounod: Faust | Faust | Opernhaus Zürich (2005) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2011) |
| Massenet: Manon | Des Grieux | Lyric Opera of Chicago (2008) Wiener Staatsoper (2009) London, Royal Opera House (2014) |
| Massenet: Werther | Werther | Paris, Opéra Bastille (2010) Wiener Staatsoper (2011) Mannheim, Nationaltheater (2013) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2014) |
| Thomas: Mignon | Wilhelm | Toulouse, Capitole (2001) |
| Verdi: Don Carlos | Don Carlos | Paris, Opéra Bastille (2017) Wiener Staatsoper (2020) |
GERMAN OPERAS
| Work | Role | Venue |
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| Beethoven: Fidelio | Florestan | Rheingau Musikfestival (2002) Stuttgart, Liederhalle (2002) Bonn, Beethovenhalle (2002) Opernhaus Zürich (2007, 2008) Paris, Opéra Garnier (2008) Luzern, Festival (2010) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2010, 2011, 2019) Les Arts de Valencia (2011) Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (2012) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (2014) Salzburger Festspiele (2015) London, Royal Opera House (2020) Grafenegg Festival (2022) Gastaad Festival (2022) |
| Beethoven: Fidelio | Jaquino | Staatsoper Stuttgart (1998, 1999) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (1999) |
| Berg: Wozzeck | Andres | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1994, 1996) |
| Busoni: Doktor Faust | Student | Salzburger Festspiele (1999) |
| Humperdinck: Die Königskinder | Königssohn | Montpellier Corum (2005) Opernhaus Zürich (2007, 2010) |
| Korngold: Die tote Stadt | Paul | Bayerische Staatsoper München (2019) |
| Loewe: Drei Wünsche | Hassan | Bad Urach (1996) Pfalztheater Kaiserlautern (1996) |
| Offenbach: Die beiden Blinden | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1996) | |
| Mozart: Die Entführung auf dem Serail | Belmonte | Bruxelles, La Monnaie (1999) Opernhaus Zürich (2002) Salzburg, Kleines Festspielhaus (2003) |
| Mozart: Die Zauberflöte | Tamino | München, Prinzregententheater (1994) Stadttheater Würzburg (1997) Opernhaus Zürich (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005) Salzburger Landestheater (2000) Berlin, Komische Oper (2002, 2003) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2005) Wiener Staatsoper (2006) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2006) Opernhaus Zürich (2007) Staatstheater Wiesbaden (2007) |
| Schönberg: Moses und Aron | Jüngling | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1996) |
| Schubert: Fierrabras | Fierrabras | Opernhaus Zürich (2002, 2005, 2006) Wiener Konzerthaus (2005) Paris, Théâtre du Chatelet (2006) |
| Schubert: Des Teufels Lustschloß | Oswald | Jagdschloß Kranichstein (1997) |
| Schubring: Cyrano de Bergerac | Christian de Neuvillette | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) |
| Strauss II: Eine Nacht in Venedig | Caramello | Regensburg (1993, 1994) |
| Strauss II: Die Fledermaus | Alfred | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) Volksoper Wien (1997) |
| Strauss II: Die Fledermaus | Einstein | Semperoper Dresden (2018) |
| Strauss II: Die Fledermaus | Gast | Bayerische Staatsoper München (2008, 2012) |
| Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos | Tanzmeister/Brighella | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) |
| Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos | Tenor/Bacchus | Salzburger Festspiele (2012) Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (2015) |
| Strauss: Capriccio | Flamand | Teatro Regio Torino (2002) Edinburgh, Usher Hall (2004) |
| Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier | Sänger | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (2009) |
| Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut | Hans | Oper Frankfurt (2006) |
| Wagner: Lohengrin | Lohengrin | Bayerische Staatsoper München (2009, 2013) Bayreuther Festspiele (2010) Milano, Teatro alla Scala (2012) Paris, Opéra Bastille (2017) |
| Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Walther von Stolzing | Edinburgh International Festival (2006) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2016) |
| Wagner: Parsifal | Parsifal | Opernhaus Zürich (2006) New York, Metropolitan Opera (2013) Wiener Staatsoper (2013, 2018, 2021) Sydney Opera House (2017) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2018) Wiener Staatsoper (2021) |
| Wagner: Parsifal | Vierter Knappe | Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1995) |
| Wagner: Tannhäuser | Walther | Opernhaus Zürich (2003) |
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2. Akt konzertant) | Tristan | Boston Symphony Orchestra (2018) Carnegie Hall (2018) |
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde | Tristan | Bayerische Staatsoper (2021) |
| Wagner: Die Walküre | Siegmund | New York, Metropolitan Opera (2011) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2018) |
| Wagner: Die Walküre (1. Akt konzertant) | Siegmund | New York, Metropolitan Opera (2011) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2018) London, Barbican Hall (2017) Gstaad, Menuhin Festival (2018) Gradenegg Festival (2018) Bayerische Staatsoper München (2021) |
| Weber: Der Freischütz | Max | Edinburgh, Usher Hall (2004) |
ENGLISH OPERAS
| Work | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Britten: Peter Grimes | Peter Grimes | Wiener Staatsoper (2022)
Bayerische Staatsoper (2022) |
| Weber: Oberon | Oberon | Londres Studio (2002) |
| Romberg: The Student Prince | Prinz Karl France | Heidelberg Schlossfestspiele (1996, 1997) |
Awards and Honors
Jonas Kaufmann has received many awards for his amazing singing. Here are some of them:
- 2007 Gramophone Award for his Strauss-Lieder CD.
- 2008 Grands prix internationaux du disque and Diapason d’or for Romantic Arias CD.
- 2009 Gramophone Award for Madame Butterfly CD.
- 2010 ECHO Klassik "Best Singer of the Year" for Sehnsucht.
- 2011 Gramophone Award for Verismo Arias CD.
- 2012 Medal for "special services to Bavaria in a United Europe."
- 2013 International Opera Awards: Opera Magazine Readers Award.
- 2013 International Opera Awards: The Male Singer of the Year Award.
- 2013 Bayerischer Kammersänger – a special title given to him.
- 2013 ECHO Klassik "Singer of the Year" for Kaufmann Wagner.
- 2014 Bambi for "Classical Music."
- 2015 International Opera Awards.
- 2015 ECHO Klassik "Singer of the Year" for Du bist die Welt für mich.
- 2016 "Service Cross" for the order of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
- 2016 ECHO Klassik "Bestseller of the Year" for Nessun Dorma.
- 2017 ECHO Klassik "Bestseller of the Year" for Dolce Vita.
- 2018 Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters).
- 2018 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
- 2019 Goldener Rathausmann der Stadt Wien.
- 2020 Honorary Doctorate at the Royal College of Music, given by Prince Charles.
- 2020 Opus Klassik, in the category "Classic without borders" for his album Wien.
- 2021 Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis – Special Media Prize.
- 2021 Opus Klassik in the category "Opera Recording of the Year" for Otello.
- 2022: Award of Professional title Austrian Kammersänger.
- 2022: Opus Klassik in the category "Singer of the Year" for Liszt: Feudvoll und Leidvoll.
- 2022: Bayerischer Verfassungsorden.
- 2024: Chevalier (Knight) of France's Légion d'Honneur.
Books About Jonas Kaufmann
- Thomas Voigt: Jonas Kaufmann: In Conversation With. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
- Thomas Voigt and Christine Cerletti: Jonas Kaufmann: Eine Bilderreise. Stiftung Colla Parte Basel, 2019.
See also
In Spanish: Jonas Kaufmann para niños
