L'Opera -Freench Opera Arias : Jonas Kaufmann(T)de Billy / Bavarian State Orchestra (Deluxe Edition)

Deluxe digipak edition includes a full-color booklet and two essays, one with Jonas' personal reflections on the music and the second on the historical importance of Paris and the opera during the 19th century. 2017 release. The world's greatest tenor, Jonas Kaufmann, returns to the opera world for L'Opra. The album features a selection of the greatest arias and duets from the best of the 19th century French opera composers. Kaufmann presents an album of music that embodies the flair, opulence, mystique and timeless elegance of Paris and French culture - opera at it's greatest moment. L'Opra includes tenor hits such as Massenet's Pourquoi me reveiller, Bizet's big aria from Carmen La fleur que tu m'avais jete and his famous tenor-baritone duet from The Pearl Fishers Au fond de temple saint, as well as Romo's big number L'amour, l'amour... ah lve toi soleil composed by Gounod, and Offenbach's timeless aria for Hoffmann O Dieu, de quelle ivresse. Jonas is joined in the studio by The Bavarian State Orchestra, the magnificent orchestra resident at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and French conductor Bertrand de Billy who bring his innate French flair to the recording. The album also features guest vocalists soprano Sonya Yoncheva and baritone Ludovic Tzier.