Vocal range
Jonas Kaufmann
Tenor · Opera · Classical · Germany · prominent since 1994
Cited range
B2 — C5
Octaves
2.1
Semitones
25
Voice type
Tenor
What is Jonas Kaufmann’s vocal range?
Jonas Kaufmann's vocal range is commonly cited as B2 to C5 — about 2.1 octaves, or 25 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Unusually dark, covered tenor sound with baritone-like lows and a tightly held, muscular top. That cited span is wider than 13% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Pourquoi me réveiller
Reading the numbers
- The bottom of this range is unusually high for a tenor: 91% of the 127 tenors here are cited lower than B2.
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 6 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
- Only 8 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 25 semitones.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Jonas Kaufmann
Take the free 2-minute range test — your mic finds your lowest and highest notes, then this page shows exactly how your voice lines up with Jonas Kaufmann’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on B2
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C5
32 other voices here reach the same ceiling.