![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was made an Officier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2018. Kaufmann has been named Singer of the Year by Opernwelt, Diapason, Musical Americ and at the Echo-Klassik Awards and the inaugural International Opera Awards. His solo albums are bestsellers, with Du bist die Welt für mich, featuring popular tunes by Franz Lehár, Imre Kálmán, Robert Stolz, Richard Tauber and others, entering the pop charts. His recordings include performances of Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci, Don Carlo, La forza del destino, Aida, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, La fanciulla del West, Adriana Lecouvreur, Werther, Carmen, Fidelio, Lohengrin, Die Walküre, Parsifal, Königskinder and Ariadne auf Naxos. Since his debut with the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2006, he has sung for such companies as La Scala, Milan, Paris Opéra, Vienna State Opera and Bavarian State Opera, in an exceptionally wide repertory including Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and verismo. He began his career in Saarbrücken and Stuttgart and later became a member of Zürich Opera. Kaufmann was born in Munich and trained at the Munich Academy of Music and Theatre. ![]() In the 2019/20 Season he sings Florestan ( Fidelio). German tenor Jonas Kaufmann made his Royal Opera debut in 2004 as Ruggero ( La rondine) and has since sung Don José ( Carmen), Alfredo ( La traviata), Cavaradossi ( Tosca), Don Carlo, Maurizio ( Adriana Lecouvreur), Chevalier des Grieux ( Manon Lescaut), Andrea Chénier, Otello and Don Alvaro ( La forza del destino) and a main-stage recital of Winterreise. Jonas Kaufmann as the title role in Andrea Chénier, The Royal Opera © ROH, 2015. ![]()
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