René Kollo

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René Kollo (born November 20, 1937 in Berlin, Germany) is a German tenor. He was born René Kollodzieyski in Berlin and grew up in Wyk auf Föhr. He attended a photography school in Hamburg, although he had always been interested in music, particularly conducting. He did not begin to perform (as a self-taught drummer) until the mid-50s. He played in jazz clubs and studied acting with Else Bongers in Berlin. To prepare for musical roles, he studied with Elsa Varena, who quickly recognized that he had an unusual gift. He signed his first recording contract at 20 and recorded popular hits. He made his operatic debut in Braunschweig in 1965 in three Stravinsky one-act operas: Mavra, Renard, and Œdipus Rex. He stayed in Braunschweig for two years, singing most of the lyric tenor repertoire. In 1967, he went to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, still singing lyric roles. In the same year, he married pop singer Dorthe Larsen and became the father of a daughter, Nathalie. He was guest soloist in Munich, Frankfurt, Milan, and Lisbon. He began his now legendary association with Wagner and his Heldentenor roles at Bayreuth in 1969, where he sang the Helmsman in Der fliegende Holländer. The major Wagnerian roles followed in quick succession: Erik in 1970, Lohengrin in 1971, Walter in 1973, Parsifal in 1975, Siegfried in 1976, Tristan and Tannhäuser in 1981. He has since sung these roles at major opera houses throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, where he was s

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Frohe Weihnacht

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Romantische Abendlieder

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Wagner - Lohengrin

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Tannhäuser - Paris Version

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Wagner: Rienzi

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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Fernsehwunschkonzert mit

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Carlos Kleiber - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Weihnachtsträume

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Andrea Kiewel präsentiert: Schlagergiganten der 60er Jahre

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René Kollo - From Mary Lou To Meistersinger

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