Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, 1969) is a

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- Austrian

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. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recital Tommasini, Anthony (21 February 2014)
"A Tenor Finds Energy for Intense, Lyrical Pain"
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''. Retrieved 26 December 2014. and concert each season. Some of his standout roles include Don José in ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'', Cavaradossi in ''

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'', Maurizio in ''

Adriana Lecouvreur ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' () is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. It was first performed on 6 November 1902 ...

'', Don Alvaro in '' La forza del destino'', Siegmund in ''

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'', and the title roles in ''

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'', ''

Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''The S ...

'', '' Don Carlos'', and ''

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''. In 2014 ''

'' described Kaufmann as "a box-office draw, and... the most important, versatile tenor of his generation."

Early life and education

Kaufmann was born in Munich. His father worked for an insurance company, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher. He had one older sister. He started studying piano when he was eight, and he sang in his elementary school choir. Although he studied for mathematics entrance exams, in the summer of 1989 he began his vocal training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. While he was studying, he sang some small roles at the

Bavarian State Opera The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...

. He graduated from university in 1994, achieving distinctions in both opera and concert performances. In 1995, Kaufmann received help from American baritone Michael Rhodes, who taught him a "new way of singing" and how to become "more relaxed in my voice and in myself." In Kaufmann's book ''Meinen die wirklich mich?'' he said, "To find a Michael Rhodes that can really help you and bring you to success is really a great stroke of luck."

Career

Salzburger Festspiele 2012 - Ariadne auf Naxos

He began his professional career at the Staatstheater

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in 1994 and was soon invited to make debuts in German theaters such as the Stuttgart Opera and

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, as well as international debuts at the

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, and

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. He made his

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debut in 1999 in a new production of Busoni's '' Doktor Faust'' and returned there in 2003 as Belmonte in Mozart's ''

Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...

'' and for concerts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the

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. He performed the role of Don José in Bizet's ''

'', to critical acclaim, at the

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, Covent Garden, in 2006/7. He made his debut as Alfredo in Verdi's '' La traviata'' at the

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alongside Angela Gheorghiu in 2006, also to critical acclaim, and also sang the role at the Met in 2007 and 2008, and at the Royal Opera House in 2008. In May 2008, he played Cavaradossi in Puccini's ''

'' at Covent Garden, yet again to critical acclaim. In 2008/9, he performed in Massenet's '' Manon'' in Chicago opposite Natalie Dessay and in the title role of a new production of Wagner's ''

'' at the Bavarian State Opera. He also sang Lohengrin on the opening night of the

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in 2010, in a production staged by Hans Neuenfels and conducted by

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. His debut recording with

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, ''Romantic Arias'', was released in January 2008. He has also recorded a Schubert song cycle on the same label and the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's ''

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lu ...

'' for EMI. In January 2010, he took the title role in Massenet's ''

'' at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. The performance was recorded and released on DVD in November 2010. In April 2011, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Siegmund in

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's new production of Wagner's ''

''.

Archives
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(performance record) In September 2011, he underwent surgery to remove a

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from his chest. In December, he was back, performing the title role in Gounod's ''

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''. On 15 February 2013, Kaufmann made his first appearance in the title role of Wagner's ''

'' at the Metropolitan Opera. His performance received rave reviews from critics. In July of that year he was named a ''

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'' of the

by the Bavarian Ministry of Arts. In December he sang the role of Don Alvaro in Verdi's '' La forza del destino'' with the company. In February 2014, Kaufmann sang the title role in Massenet's ''Werther'' at the Met. He followed this by touring with Schubert's song cycle ''

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'' with Helmut Deutsch. In June 2014, he made his debut in the role of Des Grieux in Puccini's '' Manon Lescaut'' at the Royal Opera House in London. That November he sang the same role in another production of ''Manon Lescaut'' at the Bavarian State Opera. On 12 September 2015, Kaufmann became the first German singer to perform the British patriotic song "

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" at the Last Night of

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. On 23 February 2016, the documentary ''Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini'' was released in selected theaters in the United States. The film centered around Kaufmann's 2015 performance at La Scala in Milan and featured rare archive footage. In 2018, Kaufmann made his debut as Tristan in concert performances of the second act of Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. In 2019, the concert stage saw Kaufmann tour Germany with Mahler's “Lied von der Erde”, and performances from his “L'Opéra” CD. Operatic highlights include ''

Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Opus number, Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of ...

'' and ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'' at the Bayerische Staatsoper; '' La Forza del destino'' at the

in London; '' Andrea Chenier'' in Sydney and Melbourne and a new production of ''

Die Tote Stadt (German for ''The Dead City''), Opus number, Op. 12, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It premiered in ...

'' in Munich. Highlights from 2020 included a tour of Kaufmann's album "Mein Wien", ''

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 De ...

'' at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli; '' Don Carlos'' at the

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; ''

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'' at the Bayerische Staatsoper; and ''

Cavalleria Rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...

'' at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli. In 2021, Kaufmann gave recitals in Madrid and Vienna; sung in new productions of ''

'' in Paris and ''

'' in Vienna; and had his full role debut as Tristan at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Kaufmann also embarked on a tour of North America, accompanied by pianist Helmut Deutsch. Kaufmann commenced the year 2022 with a role debut as the titular role in Britten's '' Peter Grimes'' at the

. In March 2022, a studio recording of ''Turandot'' was organized by Antonio Pappano at the Santa Cecilia auditorium. Jonas Kaufmann sang the role of Calaf for the first time there alongside Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. A public concert was performed on 12 March 2022 in Rome. After ''Turandot'' Kaufmann undertakes a tour of eleven concerts of Lieder by Brahms and Schumann with Diana Damrau and her usual pianist Helmut Deutsch, in various European cities, including Berlin, Munich, Paris, London. He made his role debut as Calaf (''

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'') in Rome with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra, conducted by Pappano, performed Mario Cavaradossi (''

'') at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the title role in ''

'' at Melbourne Opera, and made his operatic debut at the

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, performing Radames in ''

''. To begin the 2022/23 season, Kaufmann returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper to perform the title role in Britten's '' Peter Grimes''. To commence the New Year, he performed the role of Radames in Verdi's ''

'' at the

alongside

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and Elīna Garanča. At the

he also performed the title role in '' Andrea Chenier','' which he later performed at ''

.'' He made his role debut as the title-role in '' Tannhäuser'' at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele, and also performed the title role in ''

'' at the

. On the concert stage, he performed several recitals in Europe and in South America. Highlights of Kaufmann's 2023/24 season include the world premiere of ''Doppelgänger'' in New York's Park Avenue Armory with Helmut Deutsch, directed by Claus Guth, and Calaf in Puccini's ''

'' alongside

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in the title role at the

Personal life

Kaufmann has been married twice. His first marriage to

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produced three children, and ended in divorce. His second marriage is to the opera director Christiane Lutz. The couple married in late 2018, and have a child, born in March 2019. Kaufmann has

and Austrian

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, with Austrian citizenship awarded to him in February 2021. His current main residence is in

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Discography

Audio

DVDs

* 2002: Monteverdi – ''

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria'' ( SV 325, ''The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland'') is an opera consisting of a prologue and five acts (later revised to three), set by Claudio Monteverdi to a libretto by Giacomo Badoaro. The opera was first p ...

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Dietrich Henschel / Isabel Rey) * 2002: Paisiello – '' Nina'' (Jonas Kaufmann /

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/ László Polgár) * 2004: Beethoven – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Camilla Nylund / László Polgár / Alfred Muff / Elizabeth Magnuson / Christoph Strehl) * 2005: Mozart – '' La clemenza di Tito'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Eva Mei / Malin Hartelius) * 2006: Bizet – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Norah Amsellem) * 2006: Schubert – ''

Fierrabras ''Fierrabras'', 796, is a three-act German opera with spoken dialogue written by the composer Franz Schubert in 1823, to a libretto by Joseph Kupelwieser, the general manager of the Theater am Kärntnertor (Vienna's Court Opera Theatre). Like ''A ...

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Juliane Banse / Michael Volle / Christoph Strehl / László Polgár) * 2008: Bizet – ''Carmen'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Isabel Rey / Michele Pertusi) * 2009: R. Strauss – ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel ''Les amours du cheva ...

'' (

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/ Sophie Koch / Diana Damrau / Franz Hawlata / Jonas Kaufmann) * 2009: Wagner – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Wolfgang Koch / Michaela Schuster / Christof Fischesser / Evgeny Nikitin) * 2010: Massenet – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Sophie Koch / Michel Plasson) * 2010: Humperdinck – '' Königskinder'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Isabel Rey / Oilver Widmer / Liliana Nikiteanu) * 2010: Cilea – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Angela Gheorghiu / Olga Borodina / Alessandro Corbelli) * 2011: Puccini – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee /

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) * 2011: Wagner – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Deborah Voigt /

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) * 2011: Gounod – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Marina Poplavskaya / René Pape) * 2011: Wagner – ''

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'' (Jonas Kaufmann /

/ Deborah Voigt / Jay Hunter Morris / Eva-Maria Westbroek) * 2012: R.Strauss – ''

Ariadne auf Naxos (''Ariadne on Naxos''), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The opera's unusual combination of elements of low commedia dell'arte with those of high opera seria points up one of the work's ...

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee /

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/ Peter Matić / Cornelius Obonya) * 2012: Puccini – ''Tosca'' ( Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann /

/ Antonio Pappano) * 2012: Verdi – ''

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'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Elīna Garanča / René Pape) * 2013: Wagner – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / René Pape / Peter Mattei / Katarina Dalayman / Evgeny Nikitin / Daniele Gatti / François Girard) * 2013: Puccini – '' La fanciulla del West'' (Jonas Kaufmann /

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/ Tomasz Konieczny) * 2013: Verdi – '' Don Carlo'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros /

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/ Ekaterina Semenchuk) * 2014: Puccini – '' Manon Lescaut'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Kristine Opolais) * 2014: Verdi – '' La Forza del destino'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros) * 2015: Mascagni – ''

Cavalleria rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Liudmyla Monastyrska) & Leoncavallo – ''

Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta) * 2015: Giordano – '' Andrea Chenier'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Marie Westbroek) * 2016: Opera Gala Baden Baden – '' Gala Summer'' (Jonas Kaufmann /

) * 2017: Verdi – ''

'' (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta / Claudio Sgura * 2021: Korngold – ''

(''Jonas Kaufmann/ Marlis Petersen) * 2024: Schumann and Brahms: Love Songs (Jonas Kaufmann/Diana Damrau/Helmut Deutsch)

Repertoire

Kaufmann's repertoire includes the following: ITALIAN FRENCH GERMAN ENGLISH

Awards

* 2007 Gramophone Award 2007, ''Strauss-Lieder,'' CD * 2008 Grands prix internationaux du disque, Diapason d’or, ''Romantic Arias,'' CD * 2008 Qobus/Classica: Le meilleur disque de 2008, ''Romantic Arias,'' CD * 2009 Gramophone Award 2009, ''Madame Butterfly,'' CD * 2009 Prix Caecilia 2009, ''Sehnsucht,'' CD * 2009 Diapason d’or 2009, ''Romantic Arias,'' CD * 2010 ECHO Klassik „Bester Sänger des Jahres“ for the recording ''Sehnsucht'' * 2010 Orphée d’or „Wolfgang Wagner“ 2010, ''Sehnsucht,'' CD * 2010 Diapason d’or 2010, ''Die schöne Müllerin,'' CD * 2010 Diapason d’or 2010, ''Verismo Arias,'' CD * 2011 Gramophone Award 2011, ''Verismo Arias,'' CD * 2011 Diapason d’or 2011, ''Werther,'' DVD * 2012 Medal for "besondere Verdienste um Bayern in einem Vereinten Europa" * 2012 Gramophone Award 2012, ''Fidelio'', CD * 2013

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: Opera Magazine Readers Award * 2013 International Opera Awards: The Male Singer of the Year Award * 2013 Die Goldene Deutschland * 2013 Bayerischer

– awarded at the end of the performance of ''Il trovatore'', 8 July 2013 * 2013 ECHO Klassik „Sänger des Jahres“ for the recording ''Kaufmann Wagner'' * 2013 ECHO Klassik „Operneinspielung des Jahres“ (19. Jh.): Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, Wagner: ''Die Walküre'' * 2013 ECHO Klassik „Musik-DVD-Produktion des Jahres“: Robert Lepage/Deutsche Grammophon, ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' * 2013 Gramophone Award 2013, Wagner, CD * 2014 Golden plate for the ''Verdi-Album'' awarded at the end of the Liederabends ''Winterreise'' in Graz am 4. April 2014 * 2014 ECHO Klassik „Solistische Einspielung des Jahres/Gesang“ ''(The Verdi Album)'' * 2014 Gramophone Classical Music Award 2014 Solo Vocal (Schubert – ''Winterreise,'' Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch) * 2014 Bambi for the category "Classical Music“ * 2015 International Opera Awards * 2015 ECHO Klassik „Sänger des Jahres“ for the recording ''Du bist die Welt für mich'' * 2015 Premio Puccini 2015 * 2016 "Service Cross" for the order of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland * 2016 ECHO Klassik „Bestseller des Jahres“ for the Puccini-Album ''Nessun Dorma'' * 2016 Jahrespreis for the recording of ''Aida'' (2015) at the

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* 2017 ECHO Klassik „Bestseller des Jahres“ or the album ''Dolce Vita'' * 2018 Officier de l'

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* 2018 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art * 2019 Goldener Rathausmann der Stadt Wien * 2020 Honorary Doctorate at the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

, give by Prince Charles * 2020 Opus Klassik, in the category "Classic without boarders" for his album ''Wien'' * 2021 Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis – Special Media Prize * 2021 Opus Klassik in the category "Opera Recording of the Year" for ''Otello'' * 2022: Award of

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Austrian

* 2022: Opus Klassik in the category "Singer of the Year" for ''Liszt: Feudvoll und Leidvoll'' * 2022: Bayerischer Verfassungsorden * 2024: Chevalier (Knight) of France's

Légion d'Honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

Literature

* Thomas Voigt: ''Jonas Kaufmann: In Conversation With''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017, . * Thomas Voigt and Christine Cerletti: ''Jonas Kaufmann: Eine Bilderreise.'' Stiftung Colla Parte Basel, 2019,

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Jonas Kaufmann
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"The Tenor on Stage: An Interview with Jonas Kaufmann"
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'' (includes a video of his 1998 performance in ''Così fan tutte'' at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaufmann, Jonas 1969 births Living people Singers from Munich German operatic tenors 20th-century German male opera singers 21st-century German male opera singers Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Österreichischer Kammersänger

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