Born in Munich, Jonas Kaufmann possesses an operatic and concert repertory that spans several centuries, taking in Monteverdi and J.S. Bach and reaching into the twentieth century with works by Schoenberg and contemporary composers. The vast area in between includes Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Mahler and much else.
However, Kaufmann willingly ventures into the obscure or little-known realms: he has appeared on disc in Marschner’s Vampyr and in Josef Abert’s Ekkehard, where he sang the title role, and Carl Loewe’s The Three Wishes, where he portrayed Hassan. Kaufmann is a major operatic star and has sung at the most prestigious venues in New York, Chicago, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, Frankfurt, Milan, and many others.
