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Jonas Kaufmann
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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. He graduated from university in 1994, achieving distinctions in both opera and concert performances.WEB,weblink About me, Kaufmann website, 12 March 2011, 13 February 2014,weblink" title="archive.today/20140213104152weblink">weblink dead, 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."WEB,weblink The teacher who saved Jonas Kaufmann's voice, Brian, Micklethwait, 14 February 2008, 6 May 2011, 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."Voigt, Thomas (2010). Jonas Kaufmann "Meinen die wirklich mich?": Henschel Verlag GmbH & Co.KG. {{ISBN|978-3-89487-669-2}}. p. 52Career
File:Salzburger Festspiele 2012 - Ariadne auf Naxos.jpg|thumb|Emily Magee as Ariadne and Kaufmann as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, at the Salzburg FestivalSalzburg FestivalHe began his professional career at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken in 1994WEB,weblink Artists, Deccaclassics.com, 2017-07-13, and was soon invited to make debuts in German theaters such as the Stuttgart Opera and Hamburg State Opera, as well as international debuts at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opéra National de Paris, and La Scala. He made his Salzburg Festival 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 and for concerts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic.He performed the role of Don José in Bizet's Carmen, to critical acclaim, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2006/7. He made his debut as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata at the Metropolitan Opera alongside Angela Gheorghiu in 2006, also to critical acclaim,WEB, Davis, Peter G.,weblink La Traviata â Classical Music Review, New York (magazine), New York, 23 February 2006, 2017-07-13, 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 Tosca at Covent Garden, yet again to critical acclaim.Hilary Finch, The Times, Tosca at Covent Garden, 14 May 2008In 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 Lohengrin at the Bavarian State Opera. He also sang Lohengrin on the opening night of the Bayreuth Festival in 2010, in a production staged by Hans Neuenfels and conducted by Andris Nelsons.His debut recording with Decca, 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 for EMI.In January 2010, he took the title role in Massenet's Werther 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 Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.Metropolitan Opera Archives. Kaufmann, Jonas (Tenor) (performance record) In September 2011, he underwent surgery to remove a lymph node from his chest.News: Surgery successful {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125221241weblink |date=25 November 2020 }} on Kaufmann's official website, jonaskaufmann.comWakin, Daniel J. (August 29, 2011). "The Tenor Jonas Kaufmann Keeps Plans Despite Surgery". The New York TimesDear Friends â Open letter from Jonas Kaufmann published on the website of Fuji Television. "Lymph nodes" is written in the Japanese version. In December, he was back, performing the title role in Gounod's Faust.On 15 February 2013, Kaufmann made his first appearance in the title role of Wagner's Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera. His performance received rave reviews from critics.NEWS, Tommasini, Anthony, Anthony Tommasini, Dark Nights of the Soul in the Kingdom of the Holy Grail,weblink The New York Times, 17 February 2013, 29 January 2015, In July of that year he was named a Kammersänger of the Bavarian State Opera 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.Apthorp, Shirley (29 December 2013). "La forza del destino, Bavarian State Opera, Nationaltheater, Munich â review". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 December 2014In February 2014, Kaufmann sang the title role in Massenet's Werther at the Met. He followed this by touring with Schubert's song cycle Winterreise 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.Clements, Andrew (18 June 2014). "Manon Lescaut review â Kaufmann's singing is exceptional". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2014. That November he sang the same role in another production of Manon Lescaut at the Bavarian State Opera.Neuhoff, Bernhard (16 November 2014). "Triumph für Jonas Kaufmann, Manon Lescaut an der Bayerischen Staatsoper". Bayerischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 26 December 2014 {{in lang|de}}.On 12 September 2015, Kaufmann became the first German singer to perform the British patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" at the Last Night of The Proms.Sound of Music singalong at Last Night of the Proms BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2015.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.NEWS, Holubiak, Ian, Jonas Kaufmann Debuts An Evening with Puccini February 2016,weblink December 17, 2015, Classicalite, December 16, 2015, {{Update inline|date=January 2017}}In 2018, Kaufmann made his debut as Tristan in concert performances of the second act of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.NEWS, Jonas Kaufmann: Wagner's Tristan Is 'Like a Drug',weblink The New York Times, 6 April 2018, Barone, Joshua, In 2019, the concert stage saw Kaufmann tour Germany with Mahler's âLied von der Erdeâ, and performances from his âL'Opéraâ CD. Operatic highlights include Fidelio and Otello at the Bayerische Staatsoper; La Forza del destino at the Royal Opera House in London; Andrea Chenier in Sydney and Melbourne and a new production of Die Tote Stadt in Munich.WEB, DIE TOTE STADT,weblink 2022-02-03, Bayerische Staatsoper, de, Highlights from 2020 included a tour of Kaufmann's album "Mein Wien", Aida at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli; Don Carlos at the Wiener Staatsoper; La Bohème at the Bayerische Staatsoper; and Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli.WEB, 2020-12-08, Jonas Kaufmann, ElÄ«na GaranÄa, Pietro Mascagni CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, 4. Dezember 2020,weblink 2022-02-03, Klassik begeistert, de-DE, In 2021, Kaufmann gave recitals in Madrid and Vienna; sung in new productions of Aida in Paris and Parsifal 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.WEB, Jonas Kaufmann tops off his American tour with a paean to the art of lieder â Seen and Heard International,weblink 2022-02-03, seenandheard-international.com, Kaufmann commenced the year 2022 with a role debut as the titular role in Britten's Peter Grimes at the Wiener Staatsoper.WEB, Staatsoper, Wiener, Peter Grimes,weblink 2022-02-03, upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at, de, 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.WEB,weblink Puccini: Turandot, 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.NEWS,weblink Kaufmanndamrau-ans-deutsch-review, The Guardian, 30 March 2022, Ashley, Tim, He made his role debut as Calaf (Turandot) in Rome with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra, conducted by Pappano, performed Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca) at Teatro San Carlo in Naples,WEB, Teatro di San Carlo - Tosca,weblink 2022-09-23, www.teatrosancarlo.it, the title role in Lohengrin at Melbourne Opera,WEB, Lohengrin,weblink 2022-09-23, Opera Australia, en-US, and made his operatic debut at the Arena di Verona, performing Radames in Aida.WEB, Jonas Kaufmann is Radamès on August 28,weblink 2022-09-23, www.arena.it, en, To begin the 2022/23 season, Kaufmann returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper to perform the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes.WEB, PETER GRIMES,weblink 2022-09-23, Bayerische Staatsoper, en, To commence the New Year, he performed the role of Radames in Verdi's Aida at the Wiener Staatsoper alongside Anna Netrebko and ElÄ«na GaranÄa.WEB, Staatsoper, Wiener, Aida,weblink 2023-01-16, upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at, de, At the Wiener Staatsoper he also performed the title role in Andrea ChenierWEB, âAndrea Chénierâ am 09.12.2022 {{!, Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper |url=https://archiv.wiener-staatsoper.at/performances/61845 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=archiv.wiener-staatsoper.at}}, which he later performed at La Scala.WEB, 2023-05-03, Andrea Chénier,weblink 2023-12-12, www.teatroallascala.org, en, He made his role debut as the title-role in Tannhäuser at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele,WEB, Rundfunk, Bayerischer, 2023-04-03, Kritik â Jonas Kaufmann als Tannhäuser in Salzburg: Eine gefühlte Ewigkeit {{!, BR-Klassik |url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kritik-tannhaeuser-wagner-jonas-kaufmann-osterfestspiele-salzburg-100.html |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.br-klassik.de |language=de}} and also performed the title role in Werther at the Royal Opera House.WEB, Jonas Kaufmanns spätherbstlicher Werther in London gefeiert,weblink 2023-12-12, Operaversum, de-DE, On the concert stage, he performed several recitals in Europe and in South America.During the 2023/24 season, Kaufmann performed the world premiere of Doppelgänger in New Yorkâs Park Avenue Armory with Helmut Deutsch, directed by Claus Guth.WEB, Doppelganger : Program & Events,weblink 2023-12-12, Park Avenue Armory, He then returned to the Wiener Staatsoper to perform the role of Calaf in Pucciniâs Turandot alongside Asmik Grigorian in the title role.WEB, Staatsoper, Wiener, Turandot,weblink 2023-12-12, upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at, en,Personal life
Kaufmann has been married twice. His first marriage to mezzo-soprano Margarete Joswig produced three children, and ended in divorce.Jinman, Richard (1 August 2014). "Tenor Jonas Kaufmann seeking passion, not perfection". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2014.NEWS,weblink Jonas Kaufmann hat sich von seiner Frau Margarete Joswig getrennt, Robert, Braunmüller, 15 April 2014, Abendzeitung, Munich, de, His second marriage is to the opera director Christiane Lutz.WEB, Jonas Kaufmann erlebt neue Liebe "wie ein Blitzschlag", Die Presse, 8 June 2016,weblink 15 October 2017, The couple married in late 2018,NEWS,weblink Freundin ist schwanger â Jonas Kaufmann: Er wird zum vierten Mal Vater!, Abendzeitung München, Kimberly Hagen, 30 November 2018, 27 April 2019, NEWS,weblink Startenor Jonas Kaufmann â Er hat Ja gesagt, Kleine Zeitung, 5 January 2019, 27 April 2019, and have a child, born in March 2019.NEWS,weblink Star-Tenor im Vaterglück â Jonas Kaufmann: Das Baby mit seiner Frau ist da!, Abendzeitung München, 23 March 2019, 27 April 2019, Kaufmann has German and Austrian dual citizenship, with Austrian citizenship awarded to him in Feb. 2021. His current main residence is in Salzburg.NEWS,weblink Jonas Kaufmann is now Austrian too (German),Discography
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DVDs
- 2002: Monteverdi â Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Dietrich Henschel / Isabel Rey)
- 2002: Paisiello â Nina (Jonas Kaufmann / Cecilia Bartoli / László Polgár)
- 2004: Beethoven â Fidelio (Jonas Kaufmann / Camilla Nylund / László Polgár / Alfred Muff / Elizabeth Magnuson / Christoph Strehl)
- 2005: Mozart â La clemenza di Tito (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Eva Mei / Malin Hartelius)
- 2006: Bizet â Carmen (Jonas Kaufmann / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Norah Amsellem)
- 2006: Schubert â Fierrabras (Jonas Kaufmann / Juliane Banse / Michael Volle / Christoph Strehl / László Polgár)
- 2008: Bizet â Carmen (Jonas Kaufmann / Vesselina Kasarova / Isabel Rey / Michele Pertusi)
- 2009: R. Strauss â Der Rosenkavalier (Renée Fleming / Sophie Koch / Diana Damrau / Franz Hawlata / Jonas Kaufmann)
- 2009: Wagner â Lohengrin (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Wolfgang Koch / Michaela Schuster / Christof Fischesser / Evgeny Nikitin)
- 2010: Massenet â Werther (Jonas Kaufmann / Sophie Koch / Michel Plasson)
- 2010: Humperdinck â Königskinder (Jonas Kaufmann / Isabel Rey / Oilver Widmer / Liliana Nikiteanu)
- 2010: Cilea â Adriana Lecouvreur (Jonas Kaufmann / Angela Gheorghiu / Olga Borodina / Alessandro Corbelli)
- 2011: Puccini â Tosca (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee / Thomas Hampson)
- 2011: Wagner â Die Walküre (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Deborah Voigt / Bryn Terfel)
- 2011: Gounod â Faust (Jonas Kaufmann / Marina Poplavskaya / René Pape)
- 2011: Wagner â Der Ring des Nibelungen (Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel / Deborah Voigt / Jay Hunter Morris / Eva-Maria Westbroek)
- 2012: R.Strauss â Ariadne auf Naxos (Jonas Kaufmann / Emily Magee / Elena MoÈuc / Peter MatiÄ / Cornelius Obonya)
- 2012: Puccini â Tosca (Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel / Antonio Pappano)
- 2012: Verdi â Requiem (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / ElÄ«na GaranÄa / René Pape)
- 2013: Wagner â Parsifal (Jonas Kaufmann / René Pape / Peter Mattei / Katarina Dalayman / Evgeny Nikitin / Daniele Gatti / François Girard)
- 2013: Puccini â La fanciulla del West (Jonas Kaufmann / Nina Stemme / Tomasz Konieczny)
- 2013: Verdi â Don Carlo (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros / Matti Salminen / Thomas Hampson / Ekaterina Semenchuk)
- 2014: Puccini â Manon Lescaut (Jonas Kaufmann / Kristine Opolais)
- 2014: Verdi â La Forza del destino (Jonas Kaufmann / Anja Harteros)
- 2015: Mascagni â Cavalleria rusticana (Jonas Kaufmann / Liudmyla Monastyrska) & Leoncavallo â Pagliacci (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta)
- 2015: Giordano â Andrea Chenier (Jonas Kaufmann / Eva-Marie Westbroek)
- 2016: Opera Gala Baden Baden â Gala Summer (Jonas Kaufmann / Bryn Terfel)
- 2017: Verdi â Otello (Jonas Kaufmann / Maria Agresta / Claudio Sgura
- 2021: Korngold â Die Tote Stadt (Jonas Kaufmann/Marlis Petersen)
Repertoire
File:Marlis Petersen and Jonas Kaufmann, Bayerische Staatsoper München, 2019.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.3|As Paul with Marlis Petersen as Marietta in Die tote Stadt, Bavarian State OperaBavarian State OperaKaufmann's repertoire includes the following:ITALIAN{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"Awards
- 2007 Gramophone Award 2007, Strauss-Lieder, CD
- 2008 Grands prix internationaux du disque, Diapason dâor, 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 dâor 2009, Romantic Arias, CD
- 2010 ECHO Klassik âBester Sänger des Jahresâ for the recording Sehnsucht
- 2010 Orphée dâor âWolfgang Wagnerâ 2010, Sehnsucht, CD
- 2010 Diapason dâor 2010, Die schöne Müllerin, CD
- 2010 Diapason dâor 2010, Verismo Arias, CD
- 2011 Gramophone Award 2011, Verismo Arias, CD
- 2011 Diapason dâor 2011, Werther, DVD
- 2012 Medal for "besondere Verdienste um Bayern in einem Vereinten Europa"
- 2012 Gramophone Award 2012, Fidelio, CD
- 2013 International Opera Awards: Opera Magazine Readers Award
- 2013 International Opera Awards: The Male Singer of the Year Award
- 2013 Die Goldene Deutschland
- 2013 Bayerischer Kammersänger â awarded at the end of the performance of Il trovatore, 8 July 2013
- 2013 ECHO Klassik âSänger des Jahresâ for the recording Kaufmann Wagner
- 2013 ECHO Klassik âOperneinspielung des Jahresâ (19. Jh.): Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, Wagner: Die Walküre
- 2013 ECHO Klassik âMusik-DVD-Produktion des Jahresâ: 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 âSolistische Einspielung des Jahres/Gesangâ (The Verdi Album)
- 2014 Gramophone Classical Music Award 2014 Solo Vocal (Schubert â Winterreise, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch)
- 2014 Bambi for the category "Classical Musicâ
- 2015 International Opera Awards
- 2015 ECHO Klassik âSänger des Jahresâ 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 âBestseller des Jahresâ for the Puccini-Album Nessun Dorma
- 2016 Jahrespreis for the recording of Aida (2015) at the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik
- 2017 ECHO Klassik âBestseller des Jahresâ or the album Dolce Vita
- 2018 Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 2018 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 2019 Goldener Rathausmann der Stadt Wien
- 2020 Honorary Doctorate at the Royal College of Music, give by Prince Charles
- 2020 Opus Klassik, in the category "Classic without boarders" for his album Wien
- 2021 Ãsterreichischer Musiktheaterpreis â Special Media Prize
- 2021 Opus Klassik in the category "Opera Recording of the Year" for Otello
- 2022: Award of Professional title Austrian KammersängerWEB, Wiener Staatsoper ehrt Young, Kaufmann und Terfel, Musik-heute.de,weblink 2022-01-28, WEB, Wiener Staatsoper: Ehrungen auf offener Bühne im Anschluss an »Peter Grimes« am 2. Februar 2022, Wiener-staatsoper.at,weblink 2022-01-28,
- 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'HonneurWEB, CHANNEL, THE VIOLIN, 2024-01-22, Jonas Kaufmann Made a Knight of France's Légion d'Honneur,weblink 2024-01-29, World's Leading Classical Music Platform, en-US,
Literature
- Thomas Voigt: Jonas Kaufmann: In Conversation With. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017, {{ISBN|978-1-4746-0427-7}}.
- Thomas Voigt and Christine Cerletti: Jonas Kaufmann: Eine Bilderreise. Stiftung Colla Parte Basel, 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-903269-75-0}}
References
{{Reflist}}Further reading
- NEWS, Pasles, Chris, 14 March 2011, Tenor puts best face forward,weblink The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 28, Newspapers.com, 22 May 2020,
- NEWS, Ashley, Tim, 28 November 2002, 'l don't mind my sexy image',weblink The Guardian, London, 46, Newspapers.com, 22 May 2020,
External links
{{Commons category}}- {{official websiteweblink}}
- Jonas Kaufmann on bach-cantatas
- Marie d'Origny (26 April 2012). "The Tenor on Stage: An Interview with Jonas Kaufmann". The New York Review of Books (includes a video of his 1998 performance in Così fan tutte at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan)
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