Jonas Kaufmann Sings Operetta

February 29, 2020, 4:30 pm

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Jonas Kaufmann (Photo: Julian Hargreaves / Sony Classical)

Another side of this highly versatile tenor is presented. Kaufmann has had a life‐long love of operetta. This week, hear him lavish the same attention he gives to Wagner, Puccini, or Massenet in the works of Strauss, Lehár, Kálmán, and Zeller.

Playlist

“Komm in die Gondel” from Eine Nacht in Venedig by Johann Strauss II
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer, conductor
(Vienna 2019. SONY 19075950402)

“Uhrenduett” from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano; Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer, conductor
(Vienna 2019. SONY 19075950402)

“Draussen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder” from Die Tänzerin Fanny Eisler by Johann Strauss II
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer, conductor
(Vienna 2019. SONY 19075950402)

“You Are My Heart’s Delight” from The Land of Smiles by Franz Lehár
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin; Jochen Rieder, conductor
(SONY 88843087712)

“Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol” from Der Vogelhändler by Carl Zeller
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer, conductor
(Vienna 2019. SONY 19075950402)

“Zwei Märchenaugen” from Der Zirkusprinzessin by Emmerich Kálmán
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer, conductor
(Vienna 2019. SONY 19075950402)