Jonas Kaufmann repertoire

I love lists, so here is my list of complete operas with Jonas Kaufmann that I have seen over the years. This is 25 different operas in 37 venues/formats.  They are listed in the order found in the blog.  His age has been added.

Fidelio	live in Zurich	23-Jan-07	38
La Clemenza di Tito	DVD	3-Nov-07
Fierrabras	DVD	7-Jan-08	39
Carmen	live in Zurich	2-Jul-08
Carmen	DVD	6-Nov-08
Lohengrin	live in Munich	16-Oct-09	40
Werther	live in Paris	5-Feb-10	41
Die Walküre	live at the Met	10-May-11	42
Die Walküre	movie from Met	2-Jun-11
Werther	DVD	26-Aug-11
Faust	movie from Met	10-Dec-11
Nina	DVD	11-Mar-12	43
Adriana Lecouvreur	DVD	1-Jun-12
Ariadne auf Naxos (original)	stream from Salzburg	28-Aug-12
Königskinder	DVD	9-Feb-13	44
Parsifal	movie from Met	2-Mar-13
Il Trovatore	stream from Munich	5-Jul-13
Don Carlo	stream from Salzburg	16-Aug-13
La Fanciulla del West	film from Vienna	7-Oct-13
La Forza del Destino	stream from Munich	29-Dec-13
Werther	movie from Met	15-Mar-14	45
Manon Lescaut	movie from Covent Garden	30-Jul-14
Andrea Chénier	YouTube Covent Garden	3-Feb-15	46
Don Carlo	DVD	5-Mar-15
Cavalleria Rusticana	YouTube from Salzburg	13-Apr-15
I Pagliacci	YouTube from Salzburg	13-Apr-15
Fidelio	YouTube from Zurich	14-May-15
Manon Lescaut	stream from Munich	31-Jul-15
Fidelio	stream Salzburg	13-Aug-15
The Damnation of Faust	stream Paris	22-Dec-15
La Forza del Destino	DVD	10-Sep-16	47
Andrea Chénier	stream from Munich	18-Mar-17	48
Otello	movie from Covent Garden	21-Jul-17
Don Carlos	stream from Paris	25-Oct-17
Parsifal	stream from Munich	8-Jul-18	49
La Fanciulla del West	movie from Met	27-Oct-18
Otello	stream from Munich	2-Dec-18
La Forza del Destino	stream from ROH	12/2/2019	50

I saw the first Fidelio quite by accident,  I was in town for Bartoli and had a free evening.  The Carmen in Zurich I flew deliberately to see on my way to Italy.  By that time I was buying DVDs.

The Paris Werther and the Munich Lohengrin coincided with concerts by Cecilia.  How could I resist?  In both he was marvelous, at his peak.  All three of these operas can be bought commercially.

Then he began appearing in my local movie theater from the Met and streaming from Salzburg and Munich on my computer at home.  Then came movies from The Royal Opera in London.  The Verdi year with Il Trovatore, Don Carlo and La Forza del Destino was thrilling

That makes 39 altogether.with 5 live operas and one recital in Berkeley, 11 live streams from Salzburg, Munich and Paris, and 5 live in HD from the Met.  I regret that the planned live stream of him in Die Meistersinger never took place.

Jonas is a special singer.  He is beautiful both to look at and to listen to.  He is wonderfully present when he appears on the stage, loving and singing to the women present with him on the stage.  You believe that he loves all three of his Leonoras, his Minnie, his Elisabetta, Lola, Manon and so on.  His diction is wonderfully clear and his phrases never lose their thread.  He is always himself.  His music is always informed by his intelligence.

I should do a wish list.  He is the best ever in Carmen, Werther and maybe La Fanciulla del West.