Jonas Kaufmann

Since his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2006, Jonas Kaufmann has become one of the top stars of classical music. Following engagements in Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Milan, he became a member of the Zurich Opera in 2001. From there he launched his international career, with performances at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opéra, in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at La Scala, Milan, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Berlin State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and the Salzburg and Bayreuth Festivals.

Jonas Kaufmann is as internationally renowned in Italian and French repertoire as he is in German roles. He has sung the title roles of Verdi’s Otello in London and Munich, Massenet’s Werther in Paris, Vienna and New York, and Wagner’s Lohengrin at Bayreuth, La Scala, Milan, and in Paris. The breadth of his repertoire is reflected in his extensive discography, which covers opera, song, operetta and other genres.

His appearances in the 2021/22 season have included a tour of the USA, Otello and Tosca in Naples, his role debuts as Peter Grimes at the Vienna State Opera and as Calaf (Turandot) with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Lohengrin in Melbourne and a European tour with Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch.

His planned engagements in the 2022/23 season include Peter Grimes and La fanciulla del West at the Bavarian State Opera, Andrea Chénier and Aida at the Vienna State Opera and Tosca at the Zurich Opera. He will also appear in New Year concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, and in Tannhäuser at the Salzburg Easter Festival.

With Helmut Deutsch – with whom he has worked since his student days in Munich – he enjoys a thriving partnership both in the recording studio and in numerous concerts. The pair’s two most recent recordings are Selige Stunde, an album of German Lieder, and Freudvoll und Leidvoll, a homage to the songs of Franz Liszt.

Jonas Kaufmann is an exclusive recording artist with Sony Music. His performances and recordings have received numerous awards and prizes, including eight ECHO and OPUS Klassik awards, and honours such as ‘Singer of the Year’ from specialist magazines such as Opernwelt, Diapason and Musical America. He holds the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and is a member of  the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. In 2022 Jonas Kaufmann was appointed Austrian Kammersänger.