Jonas Kaufmann is without question the most versatile tenor of his generation, and his current repertoire includes an astonishing range of opera roles from Mozart to Wagner. ROMANTIC ARIAS includes opera favorites by the Italian giants Verdi and Puccini, by French greats Berlioz and Bizet, and by Wagner, the epitome of German Romanticism. Kaufmann responds to each composer with sudective ease.
1) Puccini "Che Gelida Manina" from la Boh
2) Bizet "La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jet from Carmen
3) Flotow "Martha: Ach So Fromm" from Martha
4) Puccini "E Lucevan Le Stelle" from Tosca
5) Verdi "Lo L'ho Perduta... Io la Vidi E Il Suo Sorriso" from Don Carlos (Aria from Italian Four Act Version)
6) Weber "Nein! Ler Trag' Ich Nicht... Durch Die Wer Durch Die Auen" from Der Freisch
7) Verdi "Lunge Da Lei... de Miei Bollenti Spiriti... O Mio Rimorso" from la Traviata (With Jana Sibera - Soprano)
8) Massenet "Je Suis Seul... Ah! Fuyez Douce Image" from Manon
9) Verdi "Ella Mi Fu Rapita... Parmi Veder Le Lagrime" from Rigoletto
10) Gounod "Quel Trouble Inconnu Me Ptre?... Salut! Demeure Chaste Et Pure" from Faust
11) Wagner "Morgendlich Leuchtend Im Rosigen Schein" from Die Meistersinger
12) Berlioz "Invocation a Nature" from Damnation of Faust
13) Massenet "Pourquoi Me Riller" from Werther