Jonas Kaufmann

The Met Opera: Wagner's PARSIFAL, March 2 at 12 pm

WRTI Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:35:47 +0000

Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts. Saturday, March 2, * 12 noon to 6 pm (*note early start time).

Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

NPR Staff — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:42:00 +0000

This year is the bicentennial of Richard Wagner's birth. The man widely called the greatest living Wagnerian tenor is marking the occasion in style — and asking listeners who may have turned away from the German composer to give his music another chance.

The Munich-born singer Jonas Kaufmann is currently in New York starring in the Metropolitan opera's production of Parsifal. He also has a new album, simply called Wagner, that draws from across the composer's entire career.

Jonas Kaufmann Steps Into The (Boxing) Ring

Anastasia Tsioulcas — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:42:01 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR41ZJqhDiM