Boito: Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)

          Giunto sul passo estremo (from Mefistofele) recorded March 2010

Cilea: È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana)

          L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

          La dolcissima effigie (from Adriana Lecouvreur) recorded March 2010

Giordano, U: Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

                     Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier)

                     Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier)

                     Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier)

Leoncavallo: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)

                     Testa adorata (from La bohème) recorded March 2010

Mascagni: Apri la tua finestra (from Iris)

                Viva il vino spumeggiante (from Cavalleria Rusticana)

                Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) recorded March 2010

Ponchielli: Si… questa estrema grazia (from I Lituani)

                  Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) recorded March 2010 Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Puccini: Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

              E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) recorded August 2007 Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

              Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso (from La Rondine)

Refice: Ombra di Nube

Zandonai: Giulietta, son io (from Giulietta e Romeo) recorded March 2010 Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Jonas Kaufmann, the tenor of our time, takes us to The Age of Puccini. This collection showcases the unique quality of Kaufmann’s award-winning recordings of best-loved Italian operatic ‘verismo’ repertoire for Decca.
This album contains some of Kaufmann's greatest roles recorded in resplendent Decca sound. He is joined by Renée Fleming for the duet from Puccini’s 'La Rondine'.
Accolades for Kaufmann’s Decca recordings include the inaugural International Opera Award for best male singer, three Gramophone Awards, a Goldene Deutschland Award, a Grammy, an ECHO Award, Artist of the Year from Musical America and the Bayerische Europamedaille.