# Jochen Kupfer
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{{short description|German operatic baritone (born 1969)}}
'''Jochen Kupfer''' (born 1969 in [Grimma](/source/Grimma)) is a German operatic baritone.
==Early life and education==
Kupfer received regular singing lessons from the age of 10, and studied singing with [Helga Forner](/source/Helga_Forner) at the [Musikhochschule Leipzig](/source/Musikhochschule_Leipzig). He attended master classes with the likes of [Aldo Baldin](/source/Aldo_Baldin), [Theo Adam](/source/Theo_Adam) and [Elio Battaglia](/source/Elio_Battaglia), and was taught by [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](/source/Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau) and [Elisabeth Schwarzkopf](/source/Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf).[{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kupfer-Jochen.htm|title=Jochen Kupfer (Baritone)|publisher=Bach-cantatas.com|accessdate=15 June 2015}}]
==Career==
During his studies he was engaged at the [Meiningen State Theatre](/source/Meiningen_Court_Theatre), where he sang such roles as Wolfram von Eschenbach in [Richard Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner)'s opera ''[Tannhäuser](/source/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera))''. From 1997 to 2005 he was an ensemble member at the [Staatsoper Dresden](/source/Staatsoper_Dresden), and sang roles such as Count Almaviva in ''[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)'', Papageno in ''[Die Zauberflöte](/source/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te)'', Guglielmo in ''[Cosi fan tutte](/source/Cosi_fan_tutte)'' and Olivier in ''[Capriccio](/source/Capriccio_(opera))''.[{{cite book|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Sir Compton|last2=Stone|first2=Christopher|title=The Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttY4AQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=General Gramophone Publications Limited|page=4}}] Kupfer had guest engagements among others at the [Staatsoper Unter den Linden](/source/Staatsoper_Unter_den_Linden) (as Olivier) and the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) (as Guglielmo). In the 2012/13 season, among others, he performed in ''[Tristan und Isolde](/source/Tristan_und_Isolde)''.
Kupfer has worked with conductors such as [Giuseppe Sinopoli](/source/Giuseppe_Sinopoli), [Hartmut Haenchen](/source/Hartmut_Haenchen), [René Jacobs](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs), [Philippe Herreweghe](/source/Philippe_Herreweghe), [Marc Soustrot](/source/Marc_Soustrot), [Jeffrey Tate](/source/Jeffrey_Tate), [Peter Schreier](/source/Peter_Schreier), [Helmuth Rilling](/source/Helmuth_Rilling) and [Trevor Pinnock](/source/Trevor_Pinnock), and has sung in concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles and in New York's prestigious [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall). He guested at various international festivals, such as the [Nuits Romantiques](/source/Nuits_Romantiques) in [Aix-les-Bains](/source/Aix-les-Bains), at the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival), the [Festival International de Musique et d'Art Lyrique](/source/Festival_International_de_Musique_et_d'Art_Lyrique) and at the [Festival of Early Music](/source/Boston_Early_Music_Festival) in [Boston](/source/Boston).