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Home , Anja Harteros, Echo Klassik, Helmut Deutsch, Irmgard Seefried, James King (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann

, with , piano MON / JAN 15 / 7:30 PM

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor Helmut Deutsch, piano Photo credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Sony Hohenberg Gregor credit: Photo

Celebrity Series at The Broad Stage supported by a generous gift from Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

10 JAN/FEB 2018 PROGRAM stage at the State Theatre in Saarbrücken he continued his training with Michael Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Rhodes in Trier. Die schöne Müllerin (Op. 25, D. 795) After engagements in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Das Wandern Hamburg and —in ’s Wohin? production of Così fan tutte and Halt! with on the podium— Danksagung an den Bach Kaufmann moved on to the Zurich Am Feieraband Opera in 2001. From there he began his Der Neugierige international career. Appearances at the Ungeduld Festival and the Lyric Opera of Morgengruß Chicago, the Paris Opéra and the Royal Des Müllers Blumen Opera House Covent Garden in , Tränenregen Milan, the Deutsche Oper and Mein! the State Opera in , the Vienna Pause State Opera and the Metropolitan in Mit dem grünen Lautenbande New York. In 2010, he made his début at Der Jäger the as in a Eifersucht und Stolz spectacular staging by . Die liebe Farbe Kaufmann is just as much in demand Die böse Farbe internationally in the Italian and French Trockne Blumen repertoires as he is in German opera. Der Müller und der Bach He has sung Massenet’s in Paris Des Baches Wiegenlied and Vienna, Cavaradossi in Puccini’s in London, at the Met and La There will be no intermission Scala. His intensive characterizations of Don José in Bizet’s and Werther BIOS in Massenet’s opera took opera fans Since his sensational debut at the throughout the world by storm. Kaufmann in New York in a loves portraying shattered characters, performance of La Traviata in 2006, immersing himself in their world and JONAS KAUFMANN, tenor, has numbered making their thoughts and emotions among the top stars on the operatic strikingly believable. horizon. The international press has Besides his vocal and musical qualities, it singled him out as the “new king of is his total identification with his roles that .” Insiders praise him as the most has been received with such enthusiasm important German tenor since Fritz by press and public. This was the case at Wünderlich. his role début as Siegmund in Die Walküre Jonas Kaufmann comes from . at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in He completed his vocal studies there the spring of 2011. The eagerly awaited at the local Music Academy, in addition new production, masterfully conducted by to which he attended master classes , and transmitted world-wide with , and Josef on radio and in HD to cinemas, allowed Metternich. During his first years on audiences to hear the special quality of

JAN/FEB 2018 VISIT THEBROADSTAGE.ORG 11 Kaufmann’s Wagner interpretations in debut in the new production of Cavalleria detail: The blend of German expressive rusticana / at the Salzburg power and Italian vocal finesse. When Easter Festival, a Puccini recital at Kaufmann afterwards had such a great La Scala and new productions of success performing the title role of Beethoven’s Fidelio in Salzburg and Gounod’s (a new production that Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at the could also be seen in cinemas all over the Opéra National in Paris. world) he showed once again his vocal and After the big success of his solo album theatrical versatility. with classics from the late twenties and In 2012, he gave his debut as Bacchus early thirties (Du bist die Welt für mich) in by he presented his new album of Puccini at the . In Salzburg, arias (Nessun dorma) in September 2015. he was also heard as Don José in the Some of those arias he performed at the new production of Carmen conducted legendary Last Night of in the by and in a performance Royal Albert Hall on September 12th. of the Verdi conducted by In Munich’s new production of Wagners , which has also been Meistersinger, which had its premiere performed at La Scala and at the Lucerne in May 2016, Kaufmann sung the part of Festival. In December 2012, he came back Walther von Stolzing for the first time on to Milan for the opening of La Scala’s stage. In August 2016, Kaufmann made his new season with the new production of South American tour debut with concerts , conducted by Barenboim and Lohengrin and recitals in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, directed by Claus Guth. Lima and Santiago de Chile. 2013 was the year of Wagner and Verdi: In January 2017, Kaufmann returned to the After the Met’s new production of Paris Opéra with Claus Guth’s production and the revival of Don Carlo at the ROH of Lohengrin. In March, he was the in London, Kaufmann portrayed the title protagonist in Munich’s new production of role in Don Carlo also in Munich and Andrea Chénier. In June, he made his long Salzburg. Furthermore, he undertook two awaited role debut as at the ROH Verdi roles for the first time: Manrico in in London; the new production has been and Alvaro in La Forza del broadcasted in cinemas all over the world. Destino, both in new productions at the Bayerische Staatsoper. In February and Kaufmann’s versatility is documented on a March 2014, he portrayed Massenet’s number of CDs and DVDs in performances Werther in a new production at the Met, of such works as Lohengrin, Walküre, and in June he gave his debut as Des Parsifal, Königskinder, Ariadne auf Naxos, Grieux in Puccini’s Lescaut at the Don Carlo, Tosca, , ROH in London. Werther and Carmen. His solo albums are bestsellers only a few weeks after being Highlights in 2015 were his debut as released. In 2011, he was presented the in a new production at the Andrea Chénier coveted “ Award” in New York. ROH with conducting, An article in Opera News heralded this his first Radames in (in a concert Rom selection with the words: “His intensity performance with and and elegance, the smoothness of his voice Pappano), a highly acclaimed double and his body language, combined with

12 JAN/FEB 2018 his musicality and his glowing appearance accompanied as a permanent partner for make him the very definition of a 21st 12 years. Subsequently, he has worked century opera star.” Shortly afterwards, with many of the most important recital Kaufmann was named a “Chevalier de singers and played in the world’s major l’Orde de l’Art et des Lettres” by French music centers. His collaborations with culture minister Frédéric Mitterand. Jonas Kaufmann, and Kaufmann has been selected several times are currently among his as “Singer of the Year,” by the classical most important. Deutsch has recorded music magazines Opernwelt, Diapason more than a hundred CDs. In recent years, and Musical America as well as by the the development of young talent has been juries of Echo-Klassik and the inaugural especially close to his heart. “International Opera Awards” (London After his professorship in Vienna he 2013). continued his teaching, primarily in Kaufmann is also a familiar figure world- Munich at the Hochschule für Musik und wide on the concert and recital platforms. Theater, where he worked as a professor He regards art song interpretation as of song interpretation for 28 years. In “The Royal Class of Singing,” since this addition, he is a visiting professor at genre calls for considerably more finesse various other universities and is sought- and differentiation than any other vocal after for an increasing number of discipline. His partnership with pianist masterclasses in Europe and the Far East. Helmut Deutsch, with whom he worked The young Swiss tenor, , was as far back as his student days in Munich, one of his last students in Munich and has proven itself in countless concerts has become one of his favorite recital including one on October 30, 2011, on the partners. For further information visit stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New www.helmutdeutsch.at. York. This was the first solo recital given at the Met since ’s back in 1994.

HELMUT DEUTSCH, piano, ranks among the finest, most successful and in-demand song recital accompanists of the world. He was born in Vienna, where he studied at the Conservatory, the Music Academy and the University. He was awarded the Composition Prize of Vienna in 1965 and appointed professor at the age of 24. Although he has performed with leading instrumentalists as a chamber musician, he has concentrated primarily on accompanying in song recitals. At the beginning of his career, he worked with the , but the most important singer of his early years was , whom he

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