STRAUSS / WAGNER / JARRE / PUCCINI / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Schoenbrunn 2020 - Summer Night Concert BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Valéry Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 23/Oct/2020 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. |
VERDI / PONCHIELLI / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - An Italian Night - Live from the Waldbuhne Berlin (recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A magical evening dedicated to beautiful Italian music with the world's greatest tenor. Captured live for release on CD. Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili. This is the key release this year from "The world's greatest tenor" (The Telegraph). |
GOUNOD / MASSENET / THOMAS / BIZET / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / etc
L'Opera: 19th Century French opera arias & duets Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) & Ludovic Tézier (baritone) / Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Oct/2017 ] "There should be no carping at his finely judged phrasing, his psychological acuity and, when he hits a sweet spot, sheer seductive swagger." The Times |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, Russell Braun, Jonathan Beyer / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Decca Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Apr/2014 ] "Mr. Kaufmann, a Met superstar… was a handsome, vocally splendid Faust. He sang the pensive and romantic passages with veiled dusky colorings and tender lyricism, and unleashed pent-up power in full-bodied phrases, capped by fearless high notes." NYT |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Ludovic Tezier / Michel Plasson (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Sep/2015 ] "..comes beautifully to life, with Sophie Koch's Charlotte much more involving in close-up than she was at a distance and Jonas Kaufmann an absolute dream of a Werther. Their scorching Act 3 duet will simply blow your head off." (Daily Telegraph) |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2015) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Željko Lučić, Denyce Graves / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2015 ] "Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it's hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano's vision. His voice, with its dark, liquid tone, soars through... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2018 ] "Kaufmann's exceptional musicality makes itself felt throughout the opera in a manner that has rarely been equalled…The vulnerability of this Otello lies not so much in his ethnic otherness as in his emotional ingenuousness." Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/May/2018 ] 'Jonas Kaufmann Sings an 'Otello' for the Ages'- New York Times. On a sweltering night at London's Royal Opera House in June 2017, Jonas Kaufmann made his debut performance as Otello - one of the most coveted and challenging roles in the tenor... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Three magnificent Royal Opera productions of three of Puccini's greatest operas. With a host of international opera stars, this collection is brimming with the drama and sumptuous music that have made Puccini one of the world's greatest composers. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Three magnificent Royal Opera productions of three of Puccini's greatest operas. Featuring a host of international opera stars, this collection is brimming with the drama and sumptuous music that have made Puccini a household name. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2015) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Adrianne Pieczonka, Tomasz Konieczny, Hans-Peter König, Olga Bezsmertna / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Jonas Kaufmann's gorgeously sung Florestan"(Financial Times) and Leonora - "triumphantly sung by Adrianne Pieczonka" (The Guardian/Observer) |
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever DVD release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. The German tenor is "the fairytale prince of most opera-goers' dreams - young, reckless,... |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever Blu-ray release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fierrabras (complete opera recorded in 2007) Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Juliane Banse, Twyla Robinson / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] "it is well cast, everyone seguing from dialogue through song splendidly, notably soprano Twyla Robinson's in the most exciting performance of the evening. Kaufmann is predictably excellent (though it is a rather short role) Juliane Banse sounds dark... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Isabel Rey, Michele Pertusi / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Oct/2016 ] " it's [Kasarova's] Carmen who makes this production unforgettable. Not just her smoky mezzo dipping down into the chest register in the Habanera, but her gifts are an actress" BBC Music |
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: 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 |
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 |