Jonas Kaufmann
Date of birth: 1969-07-10
Place of birth: München, Germany
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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.
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The Legacy of Othello
2022-06-12
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English p
Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival
2015-08-15
Verdi - Don Carlo
2013-01-01
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014-12-25
Parsifal
2021-12-26
The male circle of the Grail Knights is in crisis. Time and again, knights desert to the counter-rea
Carmen
2007-12-26
Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
2009-01-31
Herbert Wernicke's production of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", filmed live at the Festspiel
Adriana Lecouvreur
2010-01-01
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as
Royal Opera House: Tosca
2011-07-14
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Br
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
2012-12-07
The people of the Duchy of Brabant are divided by quarrels and political infighting; also, a devious
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023-10-12
For the centenary of the Verona Opera Festival, Jonas Kaufmann gave a gala concert in the Arena on 2
Casanova Variations
2014-08-21
Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beau
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
2004-11-16
Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct
Concierto de Nochevieja 2023 - Filarmónica de Berlín
2023-12-31
Humperdinck - Königskinder
2012-09-03
Engelbert Humperdinck's opera in an Opernhaus Zurich staging
Bizet Carmen
2014-10-27
Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', ap
Verdi: Don Carlo
2013-08-31
Verdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then ther
Puccini Manon Lescaut
2015-01-01
The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini
2015-11-20
In June 2015, superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala in Milan to perform a
Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024-06-11
At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunci
Verdi La Forza del Destino
2014-06-10
This performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal mat
Netrebko, Schrott and Kaufmann in Munich
2011-07-07
The opera trio performed to a crowd of 15,000 who were willing to pay ticket prices up to $500 for t
Meeting of the stars
2015-07-06
An exceptional open air concert on Munich's King's Square gathers the stars of opera: Anna Netrebko,
The Girl of the Golden West
2013-09-30
A celebrated new production of Puccini’s La fanciulla del West from the Vienna State opera featuring
Parsifal
2013-03-02
The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final mas
Messiah
2013-07-08
This is an exhilarating experience both visually and aurally. How wonderful that Barenboim is havng
Manon Lescaut
2014-09-04
In June 2014, London’s Royal Opera House presented Jonathan Kent’s new production of Manon Lescaut.
Carmen
2009-12-07
Live performance from Teatro alla Scala, 7 December 2009 .
Carmen aux Chorégies d'Orange 2015
2015-07-11
Live performance from Chorégies d'Orange, 11 July 2015.
Tosca
2009-04-09
Live from the Zurich Opera House, 2009.
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
2011-04-22
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of th
Gounod: Faust
2011-12-10
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live
Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier
2015-10-02
“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. Hi
Paisiello Nina
2002-10-16
The opera: Nina, o sia La Pazza Per Amore itself, is an extra-ordinary sad and touching story, and s
Opera Gala - Live from Baden Baden
2016-11-18
Du Bist Die Welt Für Mich
2014-10-24
The world’s greatest tenor presents an evening of melodies from a golden era and an engrossing docum
Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House
2017-06-21
On a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor Jona
Beethoven - Fidelio (Zurich 2004)
2010-03-29
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the conductor in this 2004 production of Beethoven's only opera staged at th
Fierrabras
2007-10-06
Schubert Opera composed in 1823 but not performed until 1988. It is set in a medieval world and bas
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
2017-10-19
Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between
Massenet: Werther
2010-01-26
Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. Af
Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
2015-08-08
As comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldom
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
2014-03-15
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of M
Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino
2019-04-02
Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by C
Wagner - Lohengrin
2009-12-26
Wagner's Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend
Verdi: Otello
2018-12-02
Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West
2018-10-27
Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild W
La Clemenza di Tito
2005-01-01
This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well p
Jonas Kaufmann - Berlin 1930 - Das Konzert
2015-01-04
Royal Opera House: Fidelio
2020-03-09
Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new product
Jonas Kaufmann: Dolce Vita
2016-07-04
JK's is definitely in love with Italy; not only is he fluent in Italian but he sings here traditiona
Ariadne auf Naxos
2012-09-01
Starring Jonas Kaufmann as Bacchus and featuring Emily Magee with Daniel Harding conducting the Vien
Jonas Kaufmann – Mein Wien
2020-03-26
Jonas Kaufmann's very personal tribute to the city's famous music. We see the star tenor on the move
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020-04-25
In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere duri
Jonas Kaufmann: Tenor for the Ages
2017-10-15
Intimate behind-the-scenes documentary about the handsome German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, one of the ho
Jonas Kaufmann - A Global Star in Private
2020-09-23
Opera star Jonas Kaufmann is known as the “King of Tenors”. This emotional and personal film reveals
Summer Night Concert: 2020
2020-09-18
The Summer Night Concert was performed this year on September 18th 2020. It is an annual open-air ev
A riveder le stelle
2020-12-07
"Lucia de Lammermoor" should actually have opened this year's season. But Corona prevents the title
Im Olymp der Kunst
2013-11-21
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
2021-02-21
Korngold: Die tote Stadt
2019-12-01
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" in a Bayerische Staatsoper production from 2019, directed
Diana Damrau & Jonas Kaufmann: Love Songs
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
2023-08-04
The revolutionary tribunal has sentenced Andrea Chénier to death and no one can avert his fate. Shor
Jonas Kaufmann, Les plus belles musiques de film
2024-12-29
Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies
2024-12-08
Singin' in the Rain, Strangers in the Night, What a Wonderful World: accompanied by the Czech Nation
Gala des Ambassadeurs Rolex
2019-06-23
Otello
2025-02-13
In the imposing Wiener Staatsoper, experience the intense tragedy of Otello, played by Jonas Kaufman
Concert du Nouvel An 2022 de la Philharmonie de Berlin
2022-12-31
Turandot
2023-12-07
Director Claus Guth heightens the surrealism of this initially extremely cruel fairy tale, which he
Tosca - Bayerische Staatsoper
2024-07-27
For this new production at the Bayerische Staatsoper, stage director Kornél Mundruczó and conductor
Ludovic
2026-01-21
Ludovic Tézier is today one of the greatest baritones in the world. Behind this major voice of opera
500 Jahre Bayerisches Staatsorchester
2023-10-08
Met Stars: Jonas Kaufmann
2020-04-18
From pioneering radio broadcasts to high-definition transmissions in cinemas in more than 70 countri
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
A Verdi Requiem with a dream line-up of soloists and the forces of La Scala, Milan, directed by one
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025-01-01
The Vienna State Opera celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Second Austrian Republic in the Burgga
New Year's Eve Concert 2022 With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
2022-12-31
Under the baton of Kirill Petrenko, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional New Year's Eve c