Puccini Gala with Jonas Kaufmann

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The most beautiful arias and scenes from the operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and others.

"It seemed to me that there was nothing more beautiful in the world than being able to write a work for the theater. To enchant the audience. To move. To make the audience cheer," said Giacomo Puccini, overwhelmed by Verdi's "Aida", for which he made a pilgrimage on foot to Pisa, twenty kilometers away, in 1876 because he could not listen to modern operas in his birthplace of Lucca. This fascinatingly complex man, who loved hunting and cars, was different from his contemporaries. Also dramaturgically. He abandoned the classic heroic themes of previous operas. His protagonists were people from next door, "the great pain in small souls" (Puccini).

Like hardly anyone else, star tenor Jonas Kaufmann succeeds in bringing these moving feelings of ordinary people to the stages of the world and, in keeping with Puccini's spirit, stirring opera audiences and music critics to storms of enthusiasm. Superlatives are no longer sufficient to describe Kaufmann's talent and career. His seductively beautiful voice captivates with power, passion and temperament. "His intensity and elegance, the suppleness of his voice and his body language, combined with his radiant looks, make Jonas Kaufmann the epitome of the opera star in the 21st century." (Opera News)

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. With his program "Viva Puccini!", Jonas Kaufmann dedicates himself to the work of this extraordinary composer. A very personal homage with the most beautiful arias and scenes from his world-famous operas such as "La Bohème", "Tosca" and "Madama Butterfly" - interpreted by the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie under the direction of Jochen Rieder, soprano Maria Agresta and "the greatest tenor of these days" (The Daily Telegraph).

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Maria Agresta, soprano
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Jochen Rieder, conductor

Jonas Kaufmann | Photo © Gregor Hohenberg - Sony Classical