Jonas Kaufmann Movies

This unique performance features opera legends Anna Netrebko, baritone Erwin Schrott, and star tenor Jonas Kaufmann. The program features a variety of music, including duets from West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, and Manon Lescaut, as well as popular Tango duets and arias. Marco Armiliato conducts the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

As mounted for the 2009 Munich Festival, Richard Jones's revisionist production of Richard Wagner's 1850 three-act romantic opera Lohengrin made headlines for its radically modernized vision, and also for its lead performance by heldentenor Jonas Kaufmann as the title character. That entire production appears in this release. It co-stars Anja Harteros as {%Elsa], Wolfgang Koch as Friedrich von Telramund, Michaela Schuster as Ortrud and Christof Fischesser as Heinrich. The Bayerisches Staatsorchester provides symphonic accompaniment under the baton of maestro Kent Nagano; Ultz designed the sets and costumes. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

This release captures a performance of Puccini's beloved opera Tosca, recorded at Opernhaus. The production was famously staged by Robert Carsen, and features vocalists such as Emily Magee, Jonas Kaufmann, and Thomas Hampson in the leading roles. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

This performance of Beethoven's opera, Fidelio was recorded live at the Opernhaus Zurich in February of 2004. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

The Zurich Opera mounts this production of Franz Schubert's opera Fierrabras, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Julianne Banse. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House provide musical accompaniment under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi