Jonas Kaufmann Bio (600 words, February 2025)
Hailed as “the world’s greatest tenor” by The Telegraph, Jonas Kaufmann has performed over 70 roles in the world’s leading opera houses. The New York Times has described him as having “clarion top notes, the blend of virility and tenderness in his singing,” and praised his “refined musicianship.” Not only a great vocal technician, his performances are also praised for their dramatic impact, “He embodies each role with such an investment that he makes the viewer think that this is the last time he will perform this work.” (Telerama). One of today’s greatest interpreters of Lieder repertoire, Kaufmann is also in very high demand in concert. His performances and recording have earned him multiple honors and awards including eleven ECHO/OPUS Klassik awards, “Singer of the Year” from multiple classical music magazines including Opernwelt, Diapason and Musical America. He has been knighted as a Chevalier de l’Ordre de l’Art et des Lettres, and has been named a member of the Bayerischer Maximiliansorden. In 2022 he was appointed Austrian Kammersänger, in 2024 he received the Ordre de la Légion d’honneur.
At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Jonas Kaufmann presented a special project with Helmut Deutsch and director Claus Guth at the Park Avenue Armory in New York: Doppelgänger, a staged interpretation of Schubert’s Schwanengesang. This was followed by an Otello series and a new production of Turandot at the Vienna State Opera, end-of-year concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko, a series of concerts with film classics (The Sound of Movies) in Baden-Baden, Prague, Naples and Wiesbaden, new productions of La Gioconda at the Salzburg Easter Festival and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, performances of Aida and Tosca at the Bavarian State Opera and Andrea Chenier at the Royal Opera House, as well as concert performances of Act 2 of Tristan und Isolde in Gstaad and Baden-Baden.
Since September 2024 Jonas Kaufmann is Director of the Tyrolean Festival Erl. To mark the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, he undertook a concert tour in Europe in October and November 2024, while also taking part in the Puccini Gala at Teatro alla Scala on November 29th.
2025 started with a revival of Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci at the Wiener Staatsoper. Plans for 2025 include an Asia tour with opera concerts and recitals, a recital tour with Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch (songs by Mahler and Strauss), the title role in Parsifal at the Erl Festival and I Pagliacci at the Bavarian State Opera.
A voice which excels in a large variety of repertoire, Kaufmann has received recognition for his performance of French, German and Italian roles, as well as his performance in recital. Standout roles include Don José, Werther, Don Carlo, Otello, Andrea Chenier, Maurizio, Lohengrin, Parsifal and Florestan, which he has performed at houses such as Teatro alla Scala, Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra national de Paris, and the Wiener Staatsoper. He has released multiple recordings, also encompassing diverse repertoire, including operatic repertoire, Lieder, operetta, and more.
A native of Munich, Germany, Jonas Kaufmann completed his vocal studies there at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, in addition to which he attended master classes with Hans Hotter, James King and Josef Metternich. During his first years on stage at the State Theatre in Saarbrücken he continued his training with Michael Rhodes in Trier.
JONAS KAUFMANN / RECORDINGS
Update: February 2025
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO
Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Magnuson (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Director: Jürgen Flimm
Live Recording, Zürich 2004 (Arthaus DVD)
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO
Nina Stemme (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Peter Mattei (Fernando), Arnold Schönberg Chor, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Conductor: Claudio Abbado Live Recording, Luzern 2010 (Decca CD)
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO
Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Tomasz Konieczny (Pizarro), Hans-Peter König (Rocco), Olga Bezsmertna (Marzelline), Norbert Ernst (Jaquino), Sebastian Holecek (Minister), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst; Director: Claus Guth
Live Recording, Salzburger Festspiele 2015 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
BIZET: CARMEN
Anna Katerina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Hildebrando D’Arcangelo (Escamillo), Norah Amsellem (Micaela) u. a., Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: Francesca Zambello
Live Recording, London 2006 (Decca DVD & Blu-ray)
BIZET: CARMEN
Vesselina Kasarova (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Isabel Rey (Micaela), Michele Pertusi (Escamillo) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst, Director: Matthias Hartmann
Live Recording, Zürich 2008 (Decca DVD & Blu-ray)
BIZET: CARMEN
Magdalena Kožená (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Genia Kühmeier (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo) u. a., Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Simon Rattle
Recording Berlin 2012 (Warner CD & Download)
CILEA: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
Angela Gheorghiu (Adriana), Jonas Kaufmann (Maurizio), Olga Borodina (Principessa), Alessandro Corbelli (Michonnet) u. a., Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Conductor: Marc Elder; Director: David McVicar
Live Recording, London 2010 (Decca DVD & Blu-Ray)
GIORDANO: ANDREA CHENIER
Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chenier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena); Zeljko Lucic (Gerard), Denyce Graves (Bersi), Rosalind Plowright (Contessa), Elena Zilio (Madelon) etc., Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: David McVicar
Live Recording 2015 (Warner DVD & Blu-ray)
GIORDANO: ANDREA CHENIER
Jonas Kaufmann (Chenier), Anja Harteros (Maddalena), Georges Petean (Gérard), Andrea Borghini (Rocher), Rachel Wilson (Bersi), Tim Kuypers (Mathieu) etc., Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Director: Philip Stölzl
Live Recording, München 2017 (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings DVD & Blu-ray)
GOUNOD: FAUST
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust), Marina Poplavskaya (Marguerite), René Pape (Méphistophélès) u. a., Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, Conductor: Yannick Nèzet-Sèguin; Director: Des McAnuff
Live Recording, New York 2011 (Decca DVD)
HUMPERDINCK: KÖNIGSKINDER
Jonas Kaufmann (Königssohn), Ofelia Sala (Gänsemagd), Detlev Roth (Spielmann), Nora Gubisch (Hexe) u. a., Orchestre National de Montpellier, Conductor: Armin Jordan
Radio Recording Montpellier 2005 (Accord CD & Download)
HUMPERDINCK: KÖNIGSKINDER
Jonas Kaufmann (Königssohn), Isabel Rey (Gänsemagd), Oliver Widmer (Spielmann), Liliana Nikiteanu (Hexe) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher; Director: Jens-Daniel Herzog
Live Recording, Zürich 2010 (Decca DVD & Blu-Ray)
KORNGOLD: DIE TOTE STADT
Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marie/Marietta), Andrzej Filonczyk (Frank), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta) etc.; Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Conductor: Kirill Petrenko; Director: Simon Stone
Live Recording, München 2019 (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings DVD & Blu-ray)
LISZT: LIEDER. FREUDVOLL UND LEIDVOLL
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Recording 2020 (Sony CD & Download)
MAHLER: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Jonas Kaufmann, Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Jonathan Nott
Recording Wien 2016 (Sony CD & Download)
MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / LEONCAVALLO: I PAGLIACCI
Jonas Kaufmann (Canio / Turiddu), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Santuzza), Stefania Toczyska (Lucia), Ambrogio Maestri (Alfio), Annalisa Stroppa (Lola); Maria Agresta (Nedda), Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Alessio Arduini (Silvio), Tansel Akzeybek (Beppe), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Conductor: Christian Thielemann, Director: Philipp Stölzl
Live Recording, Salzburger Osterfestspiele 2015 (Sony CD & Download)
MASSENET: WERTHER
Jonas Kaufmann (Werther), Sophie Koch (Charlotte), Ludovic Tézier (Albert), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Sophie) u. a., Orchestre de L’Opéra national de Paris, Conductor: Michel Plasson; Director: Benoît Jacquot
Live Recording, Paris 2010 (Decca, DVD & Blu-ray)
MONTEVERDI: IL RITORNO DI ULISSE IN PATRIA
Vesselina Kasarova (Penelope), Dietrich Henschel (Ulisse), Jonas Kaufmann (Telemaco), Isabel Rey (Minerva / Amore) u. a., Orchester La Scintilla der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Director: Klaus-Michael Grüber
Live Recording, Zürich 2002 (Arthaus DVD)
MOZART: LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Jonas Kaufmann (Tito), Vesselina Kasarova (Sesto), Eva Mei (Vitellia), Malin Hartelius (Servilia) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst; Director: Jonathan Miller
Live Recording, Zürich 2005 (EMI DVD)
PAISELLO: NINA
Cecilia Bartoli (Nina), Jonas Kaufmann (Lindoro / Un Pastore), László Polgár (Conte), Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Ádám Fischer, Director: Cesare Lievi
Live Recording, Zürich 2002 (Arthaus DVD)
PUCCINI: MANON LESCAUT
Kristine Opolais (Manon), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Geronte) u. a., Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: Jonathan Kent
Live Recording, London 2014 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Emily Magee (Tosca), Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi), Thomas Hampson (Scarpia) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Paolo Carignani; Director: Robert Carsen
Live Recording, Zürich 2009 (Decca DVD & Blu-Ray)
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi), Bryn Terfel (Scarpia); Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: Jonathan Kent
Live Recording, London 2011 (Warner Classics DVD & Blu-ray)
PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Angela Gheorghiu (Cio-Cio-San), Jonas Kaufmann (Pinkerton), Enkeleida Shkosa (Suzuki), Fabio Capitanucci (Sharpless) u. a., Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2008 (Warner CD & Download)
PUCCINI: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
Nina Stemme (Minnie), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst, Director: Marco Arturo Marelli
Live Recording, Wien 2013 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
PUCCINI: TURANDOT
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Michael Mofidian (Mandarino), Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2022 (Warner CD & Download)
PUCCINI ALBUM – NESSUN DORMA
Arias and Scenes from Turandot, La Bohème, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, La Fanciulla del West, Le Villi and Edgar.
Jonas Kaufmann, Kristīne Opolais, Orchestra & coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2014 (Sony CD, LP, & Download)
PUCCINI – LOVE AFFAIRS
Duets and Scenes from Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West and Il Tabarro
Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Maria Agresta, Malin Byström, Asmik Grigorian, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Conductor: Asher Fisch
Recording Bologna 2024 (Sony CD & Download)
AN EVENING WITH PUCCINI
Arias and Scenes from Edgar, Le Villi, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Suor Angelica und Turandot.
Jonas Kaufmann, Filarmonica della Scala, Conductor: Jochen Rieder; Video-Director: Brian Large
Live Recording, Milano 2015 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
SCHUBERT: FIERRABRAS
Jonas Kaufmann (Fierrabras), Juliane Banse (Emma), Michael Volle (Roland), Christoph Strehl (Eginhard), László Polgár (König Karl) u. a., Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst; Director: Klaus Guth
Live Recording, Zürich 2006 (EMI DVD)
SCHUBERT: DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Recording München 2008 (Decca CD & Download)
SCHUBERT: WINTERREISE
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Recording München 2013 (Sony CD & Download)
STRAUSS: DER ROSENKAVALIER
Renée Fleming (Marschallin), Sophie Koch (Octavian), Diana Damrau (Sophie), Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs), Jonas Kaufmann (Sänger) u. a.; Philharmonia Chor Wien, Münchner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Christian Thielemann; Director: Herbert Wernicke
Live Recording, Baden-Baden 2009 (Decca DVD)
STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Salzburg Version 2012)
Emily Magee (Ariadne), Jonas Kaufmann (Bacchus), Elena Mosuc (Zerbinetta), Peter Matic (Haushofmeister), Cornelius Obonya (Monsieur Jourdain) u. a., Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Daniel Harding, Director: Sven-Erich Bechtolf
Live Recording, Salzburger Festspiele 2012 (Decca DVD & Blu-ray)
STRAUSS: LIEDER
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Recording 2005 (harmonia mundi CD & Download)
VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Anja Harteros (Leonora), Jonas Kaufmann (Alvaro), Ludovic Tézier (Carlo), Vitalij Kowaljow (Marchese, Padre Guardiano), Nadia Krasteva (Preziosilla), Renato Girolami (Fra Melitone) u. a., Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Conductor: Asher Fisch, Director: Martin Kusej
Live Recording, München 2014 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
VERDI: DON CARLO
Jonas Kaufmann (Carlo), Anja Harteros (Elisabetta), Matti Salminen (Flippo II), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo), Ekaterina Semenschuk (Eboli), Eric Halvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore), Robert Lloyd (Carlo V) u. a., Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: Peter Stein
Live Recording, Salzburger Festspiele 2013 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
VERDI: AIDA
Anja Harteros (Aida), Ekaterina Semenschuk (Amneris), Jonas Kaufmann (Radames), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramphis), u. a., Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2015 (Warner CD)
VERDI: OTELLO
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello), Marco Vratogna (Jago), Maria Agresta (Desdemona), Frédéric Antoun (Cassio), Kai Rüütel (Emilia) etc., Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Conductor: Antonio Pappano; Director: Keith Warner
Live Recording, London 2017 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
VERDI: OTELLO
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello) Federica Lombardi (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Jago), Liparit Avetisyan (Cassio), Virginie Verrez (Emilia) etc., Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2019 (Sony CD & Download)
VERDI: MESSA DA REQUIEM
Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Live Recording, Milano 2012 (Decca, DVD & Blu-ray)
VERDI ALBUM
Arias from Aida, Il Trovatore, Macbeth, Luisa Miller, La Forza del Destino, I Masnadieri, Simon Boccanegra, Un Ballo in Maschera und Otello.
Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Opera di Parma. Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Recording Parma 2013 (Sony CD, LP & Download)
WAGNER: LOHENGRIN
Jonas Kaufmann (Lohengrin), Anja Harteros (Elsa), Michaela Schuster (Ortrud), Wolfgang Koch (Telramund), Christof Fischesser (König Heinrich), Evgeny Nikitin (Heerrufer), Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Conductor: Kent Nagano; Director: Richard Jones
Live Recording, München 2009 (Decca DVD & Blu-ray)
WAGNER: DIE WALKÜRE
Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Anja Kampe (Sieglinde), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), René Pape (Wotan) u. a., Mariinsky Orchestra, Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Live Recording, St. Petersburg 2011 (Mariinsky SACD)
WAGNER: DIE WALKÜRE
Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), Bryn Terfel (Wotan) u. a., Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Conductor: James Levine; Director: Robert LePage
Live Recording, New York 2011 (Deutsche Grammophon DVD & Blu-ray)
WAGNER: PARSIFAL
Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Conductor: Daniele Gatti, Director: Francois Girard
Live Recording, New York 2013 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
WAGNER: PARSIFAL
Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Ludovic Tézier (Amfortas), Wolfgang Koch (Klingsor), Stefan Cerny (Titurel), Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Live Recording, Wien 2021 (Sony, CD & Download)
WAGNER ALBUM
Scenes from Rienzi, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Meistersinger, Walküre und Siegfried; Wesendonck-Lieder; Jonas Kaufmann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Recording Berlin 2012 (Decca, CD, LP & Download)
WAGNER IN DRESDEN
Scenes from Rienzi, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser und Der Fliegende Holländer; Faust-Ouvertüre; Henze: Fraternité. Air pour orchestre.
Jonas Kaufmann, Staatskapelle Dresden, Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Live Recording, Dresden 2013 (C-Major, DVD & Blu-ray)
WEBER: OBERON
Hillevi Martinpelto (Rezia), Jonas Kaufmann (Hüon), Steve Davislim (Oberon) u. a., Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Recording London 2004 (Decca CD)
WOLF: ITALIENISCHES LIEDERBUCH
Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Live Recording, Essen 2018 (Warner CD)
IT’S CHRISTMAS
European and American Christmas Songs
Jonas Kaufmann, Stefanie Iranyi; Spielmusik Karl Edelmann; St. Florianer Sangerknaben, Bachchor Salzburg, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Berlin Music Ensemble; Conductor: Jochen Rieder; Till Brönner, Cologne Studio Big Band, Conductor: Wieland Reissmann
Recordings 2020-22 (Sony CD & Download)
DOLCE VITA – ALBUM, CONCERT FILM & DOCUMENTARY
Dalla: Caruso / Leoncavallo: Mattinata / Rota: Parla più piano / Tagliaferri: Passione / Ferilli: Un amore così grande / Musumarra: Il Canto / d’Anzi: Voglio vivere così / Cardillo: Core ‘ngrato / de Curtis: Ti voglio tanto bene; Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento / Cottrau: Fenesta ca lucive / Gastaldon: Musica proibita / Bixio: Parla mi d’amore, Mariù / Modugno: Volare / de Crescenzo: Rondine al nido /Sartori: Con te partirò / Merritt: Il libro dell’amore.
Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Conductor: Asher Fisch (Studio Recording Palermo 2016); RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Jochen Rieder; Director: Andy Sommer (Live Recording Torino 2016)
Sony CD, DVD & Download
DOLCE VITA – CONCERT FILM & DOCUMENTARY
Leoncavallo: Mattinata / Rota: Parla più piano / de Curtis: Torna a Surriento / Gastaldon: Musica proibita / de Curtis: Ti voglio tanto bene / Cottrau: Fenesta ca lucive / de Crescenzo: Rondine al nido / Musumarra: Il Canto / Cardillo: Core ‘ngrato / Dalla: Caruso / Tagliaferri: Passione / d’Anzi: Voglio vivere così.
Jonas Kaufmann, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Jochen Rieder; Director: Andy Sommer
Live Recording Torino 2016 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
DU BIST DIE WELT FÜR MICH Lieder and Arias from Operetta by Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, Richard Tauber, Ralph Benatzky, Paul Abraham and Eduard Künneke; Hits from the Movies by Robert Stolz, Hans May, Werner Richard Heymann and Mischa Spoliansky.
Jonas Jonas Kaufmann, Julia Kleiter, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Conductor: Jochen Rieder
Recording Berlin 2014 (Sony, CD & Download)
DU BIST DIE WELT FÜR MICH – CONCERT FILM & DOCUMENTARY
Concert with: Jonas Kaufmann, Julia Kleiter, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Conductor: Jochen Rieder, Regie: Andy Sommer (Live Recording 2014) Documentary with: Jonas Kaufmann, Julia Kleiter, Jochen Rieder; Archive Footage with Richard Tauber, Joseph Schmidt, Marlene Dietrich, Jan Kiepura, Marta Eggerth, Clarissa Henry, Yvonne Kálmán; written and directed by Thomas Voigt and Wolfgang Wunderlich (2014)
Sony DVD & Blu-ray
EINE ITALIENISCHE NACHT
Arias & Scenes from La Gioconda, Cavalleria Rusticana, Turandot; Songs and orchestral pieces from Ruggero Leoncavallo, Ernesto de Curtis, Salvatore Cardillo, Nino Rota, Domenico Modugno, Lucio Dalla etc.
Jonas Kaufmann, Anita Rachvelishvili, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Conductor: Jochen Rieder
Live Recording Waldbühne Berlin 2018 (Sony CD & Download)
INSIEME
Opera Duets from Verdi (Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Don Carlos, La Forza del Destino, Otello), Ponchielli (La Gioconda) and Puccini (La Bohème).
Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2021 (Sony CD, Download & Vinyl)
LOVE SONGS
Songs & Duets by Schumann and Brahms
Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Live Recording, Wien 2022 (CMajor DVD & Blu-ray)
MEIN WIEN
Viennese songs and scenes from Operettas; Music from Johann Strauß, Franz Léhar, Emmerich Kálmán, Robert Stolz, Ralph Benatzky, Jaromir Weinberger, Hans May, Rudolf Sieczynski, Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Kreuder and Georg Kreisler.
Jonas Kaufmann, Rachel Willis Sørensen, Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Ádám Fischer
Recording Wien 2019 (Sony CD, LP & Download)
MEIN WIEN – CONCERT FILM & DOCUMENTARY Viennese songs and scenes from operettas; music by Johann Strauß, Franz Léhar, Emmerich Kálmán, Robert Stolz, Ralph Benatzky, Jaromir Weinberger, Hans May, Rudolf Sieczynski, Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Kreuder and Georg Kreisler.
Jonas Kaufmann, Rachel Willis Sørensen, Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Ádám Fischer
Live Recording, Wien 2019 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
L’OPÉRA
Arias and Scenes from French Operas: Roméo et Juliette, Le Cid, Werther, Manon, Mignon, Carmen, Les Pêcheurs des Perles, Le Roi d’Ys, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, L’Africaine, La Juive, La Damnation de Faust, Les Troyens.
Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Ludovic Tézier, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Recording München 2017 (Sony CD & Download)
OPERA GALA BADEN-BADEN
Arias and Scenes from Tannhäuser, Cavalleria rusticana, L’amico Fritz, Tosca, Mefistofele, Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlo, Otello, Carmen, Anatevka and Das Land des Lächelns; Rota: Parla più piano.
Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Bryn Terfel, Ekaterina Gubanova, Badische Staatskapelle, Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Live Recording, Baden- Baden 2016 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
ROMANTIC ARIAS
Arias from Operas by Puccini, Bizet, Flotow, Verdi, Weber, Massenet, Gounod, Wagner and Berlioz.
Jonas Kaufmann, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Recording Prague 2007 (Decca CD)
SEHNSUCHT
Arias and Scenes from Operas by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Wagner
Jonas Kaufmann, Michael Volle, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Recording 2008 (Decca CD & Download)
SELIGE STUNDE Song Recital: Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Dvorak, Tschaikowsky, Mahler, Strauss, Wolf, Zemlinsky etc.
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Recording 2020 (Sony CD & Download)
THE SOUND OF MOVIES
Songs from famous movies (The Great Caruso, The Sound of Music, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, West Side Story, The Mission, Deer Hunter, Conquest of Paradise, Romeo Juliet, Gladiator etc.)
Jonas Kaufmann, Miloš Karadaglić (Guitar), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Jochen Rieder
Recording Prague 2022 (Sony CD, Download, Vinyl)
THE SOUND OF MOVIES – PRAGUE CONCERT 2024
Music from famous movies (The Great Caruso, Love Story, Scent of a Woman, A Passage to India, West Side Story, Gone with the Wind, La Strada, The Deer Hunter, Romeo Juliet, Gladiator, Carousel etc.)
Jonas Kaufmann, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Jochen Rieder
Live Recording Prague 2024 (Sony DVD & Blu-ray)
VERISMO
Arias and Scenes from Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Giordano, Boito, Cilea, Ponchielli, Zandonai and Refice.
Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Recording Roma 2010 (Decca CD)