Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann fascinates me less for any single role than for his refusal to specialize. Singing across languages and repertoires season after season, while staying at the top of the most punishing fach in opera, is a feat of discipline as much as of gift. The German and Bavarian state honors confirm a national-treasure status, but what impresses me is the longevity. Tenors burn out; he has instead nurtured his instrument like a careful gardener. Born in 1969 and still commanding the stage, he reads to me as a working artist who treats his voice as a craft to protect rather than spend.

Name (English)

Jonas Kaufmann

Name (Japanese)

ヨナス・カウフマン

Reading

よなす・かうふまん

Born

July 10, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Occupation

opera singer

University

University of Music and Theatre Munich

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
• 2016 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2010 Echo Klassik – Male Singer of the Year
• 2013 Echo Klassik – Male Singer of the Year
• 2015 Echo Klassik – Male Singer of the Year
• Classic Brit Awards
• 2013 International Opera Award
• Österreichischer Kammersänger

• Official sitehttp://www.jonas-kaufmann.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/tenorkaufmann
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Kaufmann
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62358

Tags

• Upper Bavaria
• opera singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.