The radio recording of the Salzburg production of Tannhäuser, in which Jonas Kaufmann has sung the title role for the first time, will be broadcast on Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm. The other leading roles will be performed by Marlis Petersen (Elisabeth), Emma Bell (Venus), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann); Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. On Sunday, April 16, Kaufmann will perform Siegmund in Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, with Okka von der Damerau (Brünnhilde), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Christopher Maltman (Wotan), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Fricka) and John Relyea (Hunding); the conductor is Dan Ettinger. Additional performances are on April 20, 23, 26 and 29.
Tosca, live from Munich
As part of “Opera for All” the Bavarian State Opera will be broadcasting the performance of Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, July 27 from 7 pm, with Eleonora Buratto, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier in the leading roles and the Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Andrea Battistoni. The production is by Kornél Mundruczó. Here is the link to the live stream on Staatsoper.tv
Photo: Wilfried Hösl