Jonas Kaufmann is an ardent film fan. Now he is showing this passion on stage for the first time. In his new programme ‘The Sound of Movies’, Kaufmann presents film music hits from 80 years of film history.
Beginning in the Germany of the Weimar Republic (ICH KÜSSE IHRE HAND, MADAME), the programme moves on to film music by Nino Rota (WHAT IS A YOUTH?), Leonard Bernstein (WEST SIDE STORY) and John Williams (SUPERMAN) through to scores from the new millennium, such as Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to GLADIATOR from the year 2000, including classics such as SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
In addition to the music, the concert location is also opulently staged: the Smetana Hall in Prague. Adorned with figurative ceiling paintings and stucco decorations, the Art Nouveau glass dome in particular exudes the flair of the era in which cinema was invented and pictures learned to move.
Recorded on 23 February 2024 in the Smetana Hall in Prague.
Soloist: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jochen Rieder
Director: Andreas Morell
Audio Producer: Jakob Händel
DOP: Henning Brümmer
Camera: Martin Baer, Miroslav Hurt, Tomáš Mach, Jan Malík, Aleš Malý, Vít Pražan, Jiří Škorpil, Daniel Souček, Manuela Wiebach
Lighting: Samuel Jašo, Robert Hozák
Editing: Uli Peschke, Carola Sultan Keller
DOP (studio shoot): Burhan Oezdahl
Set Design (studio shoot): Joseph Reindl
Production management: Franziska Henkel, Štěpánka Holubová
Commissioning Editors (ZDF): Jule Broda, Lora Ganeva
Commissioning Editors ČT): Markéta Režová
Producer Česká televize: Jiří Hubač, Kateřina Kovářová
Producer Sony Classical: Michael Brüggemann, Per Hauber
Producer 3B: Maria Willer, Bernhard von Hülsen
A production of 3B-Produktion GmbH
in coproduction with ZDF, Česká televize and Sony Classical International
in co-operation with ARTE
