Key facts
- Born
- ( 1969-07-10 ) 10 July 1969 (age 56) , Munich , West Germany
- Occupation
- Operatic tenor
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Website
- jonaskaufmann .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kaufmann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Munich
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Munich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- singing
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- jonaskaufmann.com
- Image
- Jonas Kaufmann La Scala 2015.jpg
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- Jonas Kaufmann
- date of birth
- 1969-07-10
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
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- 23042
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, 1969) is a German-Austrian tenor opera singer. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recital and concert each season. Some of his standout roles include Don José in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, Don Alvaro in La forza del destino, Siegmund in Die Walküre, and the title roles in Parsifal, Werther, Don Carlos, and Lohengrin. In 2014 The New York Times described Kaufmann as "a box-office draw, and... the most important, versatile tenor of his generation."
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonas Kaufmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.