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The Met Opera's Live Streaming Series Sticks To Old Trappings

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, with pianist Helmut Deutsch, in recital at a Baroque abbey in Bavaria. The performance was part of the Metropolitan Opera's new live streaming series. Metropolitan Opera hide caption

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The Met Opera's Live Streaming Series Sticks To Old Trappings

August 4, 2020 • While a valiant endeavor, the Metropolitan Opera's new series of steaming concerts can't seem to shake off opera's fusty, aristocratic traditions.

NPR Music's Top 10 Classical Albums Of 2017

Víkingur Ólafsson's album was a fitting tribute to the 80th birthday of composer Philip Glass. Ari Magg/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption

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NPR Music's Top 10 Classical Albums Of 2017

December 19, 2017 • From tributes to Philip Glass and French opera to the roaring silences of Morton Feldman and virtuosic choral singing, 2017 proved to be another vibrant year in classical music.

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The 100 Best Songs Of 2017 (80-61)

December 13, 2017 • NPR Music's list of the 100 best songs of 2017.

Jonas Kaufmann's new album, L'Opéra, is a tribute to French opera. Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Classical hide caption

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Jonas Kaufmann: A Tenor At The Top

September 28, 2017 • As the superstar tenor's voice grows deeper and darker with age, he's still able to float notes of pillowy softness on his new album devoted to French opera.

Jonas Kaufmann: A Tenor At The Top

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Review: Jonas Kaufmann, 'Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album'

Jonas Kaufmann's Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album comes out September 11. Julian Hargreaves/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Review: Jonas Kaufmann, 'Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album'

September 2, 2015 • With a muscular, mahogany-colored voice, one of the today's finest tenors sings his way through the hits and lesser-known operas by Puccini.

Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

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Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

February 16, 2013 • Described as the greatest living Wagnerian tenor, Kaufmann is using the Richard Wagner's bicentennial to reacquaint listeners with the controversial composer's work.

Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

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