In June 2015, superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala in Milan to perform a concert of Puccini arias. The concert made national news in Italy with the audience demanding five encores and a forty minute standing ovation. The film of this legendary performance, Jonas Kaufmann - An Evening with Puccini, will be shown nationwide in over 300 movie theaters on February 23, and is available as a DVD and Blu-ray. Directed by Brian Large, the film includes an introduction about Puccini - the man, the musician, the superstar - narrated by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage. The program features aselection of Puccini's world-famous tenor arias all of which appear on Kaufmann's latest recording, Nessun dorma - The Puccini Album.
In June 2015, superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala in Milan to perform a concert of Puccini arias. The concert made national news in Italy with the audience demanding five encores and a forty minute standing ovation. The film of this legendary performance, Jonas Kaufmann - An Evening with Puccini, will be shown nationwide in over 300 movie theaters on February 23, and is available as a DVD and Blu-ray. Directed by Brian Large, the film includes an introduction about Puccini - the man, the musician, the superstar - narrated by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage. The program features aselection of Puccini's world-famous tenor arias all of which appear on Kaufmann's latest recording, Nessun dorma - The Puccini Album.