If one lists the great voices of our time in the classical-romantic repertoire, the Finnish Camilly Nylund (*1968) must not be missing. After permanent engagements in Hanover and Dresden, the Vaasa-born soprano is celebrated worldwide above all for her (title) roles in works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss: Elisabeth - with this Tannhäuser role she made her Bayreuth Festival debut in 2011 -, Elsa, Sieglinde, Arabella, Ariadne or Salome are among her repertoire, which has since taken her to Vienna, New York, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Salzburg or Zurich.In recognition of her artistic achievements, Nylund has received national and international awards, including the appointment as Saxon Chamber Singer in 2008, the Pro Finlandia Medal (2013), the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2019 and the appointment as Austrian Chamber Singer in the same year.

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann was born on July 10, 1969 in Munich. He learned to play the piano at the age of 8, encouraged by his father and grandfather who passed on to him their passion for classical music, Wagner and singing. Jonas Kaufmann also frequently attended the Munich Opera from an early age and joined his school choir. He then embarked on studies of mathematics, which he abandoned to join, in 1989, the Academy of Music and Theater in Munich. Jonas Kaufmann gets his first important role at the Regensburg Opera where he is Caramello in A Night in Venice by Johann Strauss. Jonas Kaufmann then met Helmut Deutsch who guided him in his vocal development and still accompanies him today on the piano in his recitals. It was during the 2000s that his international career took off with his appearances in particular at the Chicago Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the La Monnaie Theater, Covent Garden, the Zurich Opera, the Staatsoper in Vienna, Munich, La Scala, New York Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival. Comfortable in all repertoires, he then became one of the most popular tenors on the international scene.