More By Artist: Jonas Kaufmann
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera) Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2013 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Opera - "Gheorghiu somehow conveys not only the depth of Butterfly's love but also her inner knowledge that, in fact, her belief in Pinkerton's devotion is hopeless. This is a mature interpretation" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape / Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2013 ] "The non-Italian soloists are in good fearless voice and aurally well integrated into this concept." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape / Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "Even without a fully Italianate instrument, Kaufmann's honeyed, warm tone makes him exceptional in Verdi." (The Telegraph) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem (recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape / Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] "It's a 'through-composed' linked-up performance, paced withy a dramatic curve that makes even the punchiest Italian-led ones..feel like number opera...The non-Italian soloists are in good fearless voice and aurally well integrated into this concept" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier, Erwin Schrott / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 WINNER - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera filmed in 2006) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Antonio Pappano (conductor) [ Decca Music Group Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Jan/2017 ] BLU-RAY - 'Kaufmann and Antonacci are that rare breed: superb singers who can also act with subtlety and passion' The Guardian |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (complete opera recorded in 2014) Bavarian State Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Ludovic Tézier, Nadia Krasteva / Asher Fisch (conductor) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 25/Jul/2016 ] "It is crowned by a magnificent Leonora from Anja Harteros, perhaps the best thing she has done on disc. Her rich, creamy tone makes her just about perfect for Verdi's great lyric roles. Her voice has the technique to conquer the tessitura" MusicWeb |
ELGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Erinnerung: Homage To Humperdinck Christina Landshamer (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Hinrich Alpers (piano), Schumann Quartet, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] 2021 is the centenary of Humperdinck's death and is the ideal moment to take a fresh look at this great composer. Deutsche Grammophon pays tribute to his achievements with Erinnerung: Homage to Humperdinck. |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "We're presented with a welcome alternation of moods which beautifully showcase these musicians' enormous expressive versatility." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2019 |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLERO / VERDI
Operette - Wien - Berlin - Paris Diana Damrau (soprano) / with Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Soprano Diana Damrau, dazzling in the operas of Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi and Richard Strauss, also has operetta in her blood. With this album she tours three capital cities of operetta - Vienna, Berlin and Paris - and covers nearly seven decades of... |
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 28/Jun/2014 ] "Jonas Kaufmann was spectacular as Bacchus, growing improbably stronger as he progressed. Emily Magee was scarcely less impressive in the demanding role of Ariadne." - New York Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Feb/2014 ] Jonas Kaufmann made his highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus in this 2012 Salzburg Festival production of Ariadne auf Naxos, leading a cast including Emily Magee and Elena Mosuc, with Daniel Harding conducting. Director Sven-Erich Bechtholf's staging is... |
SCHOENBERG
Die Jakobsleiter Friede auf Erden Dietrich Henschel, Jonas Kaufmann, Stephan Ragamer, Michael Volle / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Deutsches SO / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] "Kent Nagano's superb reading, full of humanity, is a clear first choice, going off into deepest space in the stunning closing passage - truly, music from another world." The Independent - |
WEBER
Oberon (Complete opera) Hillevi Martinpelto, Jonas Kaufmann, Steve Davislim / Monteverdi Choir. Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE (Awards Issue 2005) "A fine set that overcomes the many problems posed by this magical opera" (Gramophone) |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera filmed in 2006) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Antonio Pappano (conductor) [ Decca Classics DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2017 ] "Kaufmann and Antonacci are that rare breed: superb singers who can also act with subtlety and passion" The Guardian |
VARIOUS OPERETTA COMPOSERS
Jonas Kaufmann Wien Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ádám Fischer, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "There is enough cream and sugar in his selection of golden and silver-age serenades by Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár to satisfy the sweetest tooth....The orchestral sound glistens like Cellophane" The Times |
PAISIELLO / BEETHOVEN / MONTEVERDI
Jonas Kaufmann: Opera Collection Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Cecilia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Vesselina Kasarova, and Dietrich Henschel [ Arthaus DVD / 3 DVD - released 26/Jul/2019 ] Experience Jonas Kaufmann, opera world's top star, in this impressive opera collection from his time at the Zurich Opera House still before his great international breakthrough. He feels closely connected to the opera house, boosted his career there... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonas Kaufmann - Verismo Arias Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 2/Oct/2010 ] "Kaufmann has entered this world most completely. His Italian is good, as are his desire and ability to project clearly differentiated characters. He is never afraid to sing softly...and there is plenty of power when needed." Gramophone Award WINNER... |
