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"Don't just sit there. DO something!" The line is a popular comedy feature because of its usual subtext: the person addressing...

We've got a revolve and we're gonna use it... Marietta (Petersen) and Paul (Kaufmann) hold on for dear life All photos from the...

Guys, guys...wait...what..... So, here we go. Jonas Kaufmann is singing the role of Paul in Korngold's Die tote Stadt at t...

It's always interesting to read bad reviews, even if one cringes while so doing. But those that have attended the new Pélléas et Mélisan...

Jonas Kaufmann, Jochen Rieder, BBCSO. Photo: Mark Allen/Barbican It's possibly some measure of my current distraction - with libret...

Jonas Kaufmann is singing Tristan und Isolde, Act 2, in concert this week with Camilla Nylund (soprano), the Boston Symphony Orchestra and A...

I've just been watching the Andrew Marr Show, in which some government twonk has been banging on about how his colleagues in power oug...

Jonas Kaufmann's new album of French arias, entitled simply L'Opéra, is out next week. Being JDCMB readers, dear friends, you are ...

Kaufmann as Otello, Vratogna as Iago. All photos by Catherine Ashmore/Royal Opera House One of the first rules of reviewing is:  do no...

Eric Halfvarson, Karita Mattila, Jonas Kaufmann, Tony Pappano & the LSO take a bow the other night. Now it's curtains... Oh d...

Oh dear. Jonas Kaufmann cancelled his conversation session at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama today, citing a cold and apologising f...

Jonas Kaufmann in recital the other night. Photo: Alastair Muir/Barbican State of being in the Discount Tent EC1 last night post- Walkü...

Back on stage!  The one problem with recitals by Jonas Kaufmann is the absolute scrum at the ladies' loos. The Barbican's facil...