Klaus Florian Vogt

The German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt is identified closely with roles in Wagner's operas, especially that of Lohengrin. He is identified as a jungendlicher Heldentenor, or youthful heroic tenor, a classification that refers not to age, but to a heroic tenor whose voice also has lyrical aspects. Vogt was born in Heide, in northern Germany, on April 12, 1970, and has continued to live in the Schleswig-Holstein region. His first love was the horn, which he studied at university; he was engaged as a hornist by the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra in 1988 and remained there un...