Jonas Kaufmann, described by the Daily Telegraph as “the world’s greatest tenor”, took the classical music world by storm with his No. 1 classical album ‘Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album, his first release fully devoted to the most popular Italian opera composer of all time, Giacomo Puccini. Released on CD / Digital 11th September 2015, Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album went straight in at No. 1 in the UK classical charts and achieved an unprecedented Top 30 album chart position. This is the first time a Puccini recital album has ever achieved a Top 30 position on the main album chart. Perfect for Kaufmann fans, this handsome special gift edition box features the deluxe version of hit No. 1 album (includes bonus DVD featuring ‘Making Of’ the album feature) packaged along with two DVDs of Kaufmann’s recent Puccini opera triumphs, ‘Manon Lescaut’ at the Royal Opera House and ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at the Vienna State Opera, on DVD. Contents: Nessun dorma – Deluxe limited edition digipack (88875092482), La Fanciulla del West DVD (88875064069), Manon Lescaut DVD (88875105199).

Artists

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance), Kristine Opolais (soprano)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director), Franz Welser-Most