This year’s Opus Klassik Gala will take place on October 11, as in previous years, at the Konzerthaus Berlin. In the category “Audiovisual Music Production of the Year,” Jonas Kaufmann was honored for his album Doppelgänger. In the winners’ concert, he will perform one of Emmerich Kálmán’s most beautiful evergreens with soprano Katharina Konradi: the duet “Tanzen möcht’ ich” from the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin. The concert begins at 3:45 p.m., and the recording will air on ZDF starting at 10:15 p.m.

On July 9, 2026, Jonas Kaufmann captivated the audience with unforgettable melodies, open-air at the Theater im Park near Belvedere Palace in Vienna. Together with his longtime piano partner and friend Helmut Deutsch, he took the audience on a journey through Viennese music, ranging from the evergreens of Strauss, Benatzky, and Stolz to the songs of Hermann Leopoldi and the “Everblacks” of Georg Kreisler. Entitled “Jonas Kaufmann: Lieder im Park,” the ORF Kultursommer presents the recording of this special evening in the “Erlebnis Bühne” series: on Sunday, July 26, at 8:15 p.m. on ORF III. The concert will be available on ORF ON already 24 hours before the broadcast.