Klaus Florian Vogt is one of the much-praised Wagner tenors of the present - especially his Lohengrin is repeatedly singled out as a brilliant achievement . Now on his new CD he has changed the subject
Rating: failed
Favorites say the album , and he can be heard with operetta arias and musical songs . No favorite disc of operetta fans!
More than half of the presented repertoire are typical Richard Tauber numbers - ie songs and arias , which were the greatest operetta tenor of the 20th century written directly on the body, or were sung by him so that his interpretation until now legendary is . The smaller part of the album is dedicated to the musical , but not so much the classic Broadway musical , but also the successes of the 80s.

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Vogt enjoys singing operetta ; his foray into this genre is not new. All the more shocking sounds the result. This album is downright failed sensational! This is not necessarily the fact that a great opera tenor per se may not be a good operetta singer. Think . Nicolai Gedda or to Fritz Wunderlich , both have not only well sung operetta, but even an entire operetta pressed a stamp of quality Her secret was that they have worked out the facets that stuck in the Schmonzetten . And were not too good for melting and pain, for the quantity of grandeur that just needs the Lehariade . This operetta shines , you have to polish them a bit too. Klaus Florian Vogt sings this glamorous Schmetterarien as children's songs , innocent and with a truly shocking decency .

It may be that the comparison with the icons of the singer genus is something in common - but as they say in Tucholsky : Who mitkegelt must , can also be the points say.

Hype and exaggerated servile strong criticism sets the bar high . The glove is thrown . So severity is justified.

For it is not the vocal material that is missing in Vogt, technically he could catch up with so many operetta maestro old days.

Lamentably is its unimaginative interpretation.

I can only hope that this otherwise so sympathetic , straightforward and amiable singer finds its way back into a repertoire that his character more equal .