Vogt overtakes Kaufmann as 21st century Wagner hero

Vogt overtakes Kaufmann as 21st century Wagner hero

Opera

norman lebrecht

January 23, 2024

The German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt has sung his first Tristan in Dresden, completing a personal cycle of Wagner heroes from Lohengrin through to Parsifal.

Other, more celebrated tenors are still stuck midway through the Ring.

Vogt’s is not the loudest voice on the Wagner stage but it is easily the most serene.

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