Born in Munich, Jonas Kaufmann possesses an operatic and concert repertory that spans several centuries, taking in\u00a0Monteverdi\u00a0and\u00a0J.S. Bach\u00a0and reaching into the twentieth century with works by\u00a0Schoenberg\u00a0and contemporary composers. The vast area in between includes\u00a0Mozart,\u00a0Beethoven,\u00a0Schubert,\u00a0Wagner,\u00a0Mahler and much else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Kaufmann willingly ventures into the obscure or little-known realms: he has appeared on disc in\u00a0Marschner’s Vampyr and in Josef Abert’s Ekkehard, where he sang the title role, and\u00a0Carl 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"