Jonas draws inspiration from an artistically rich and fascinating time of European musical history. The repertoire ranges from the Lehár-Tauber-Hits of the „Roaring Twenties“ until the heyday of the “Talkies” films in the mid 1930’s which saw the eventual expulsion and banning of the composers, lyricists and singers who had defined the genre.

The repertoire draws from 3 strands of musical history (Talking movies, Operetta and Polystylistic composers) and shows Jonas’ voice at its most flexible. Along with film hits such as “Irgendwo auf die Welt” & “Im Traum hast du mir alles erlaubt” and “popsongs” like Paul Abrahams’ “Diwanpüppchen” which require a lighter voice, Jonas also offers a tenorial “tour de force” with the rarely recorded „Lied vom Leben des Schrenk“ by Künneke.

  The album naturally also includes operetta evergreens by the unbeatable composer-tenor pairing of Franz Lehàr and Richard Tauber – including “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”, “Hab’ ein blaues Himmelbett ” and “Gern hab ich die Frauen geküßt”.

Jonas’ favoured encores - Richard Tauber’s famous self-penned “Du bist die Welt für mich” and “Ein Lied geht um die Welt” made famous by Joseph Schmidt in the movie of the same title - are also naturally included.