On the occasion of his 50th birthday, Barbara Rett met Jonas Kaufmann in a very special place high above the rooftops of Vienna. In an exclusive interview she talks to him about Vienna, "the Viennese" and his relationship to the Wiener Staatsoper. Barbara Rett then presents the most beautiful arias and the most exciting stage moments from Jonas Kaufmann's career: his performance in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" from the Salzburg Easter Festival 2015, the "friendship duet" from "Don Carlo" together with Thomas Hampson at the 2013 Festival and "Un di all'azzurro spazio" from "Andrea Chénier", which Kaufmann sings together with his duet partner Anja Harteros.