René Kollo
René Kollo (born 20 November 1937) is a German operatic tenor, especially known for his Wagnerian Heldentenor roles. He also performed a wide variety of operas and operettas, and made several recordings.
Recordings[edit]
Kollo has made numerous recordings, including Tannhäuser (conducted by Sir Georg Solti, 1970), Das Lied von der Erde (Karajan 1973), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Karajan 1970, and, later, Solti, 1975–76), Parsifal (Solti, 1971–72, and, later, Herbert Kegel, 1975), Die tote Stadt (with Carol Neblett, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, 1975), The Bartered Bride (with Stratas, conducted by Jaroslav Krombholc, 1975), Rienzi (conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, 1974–76), Der fliegende Holländer (Solti, 1976), Ariadne auf Naxos (Solti, 1977), Fidelio (conducted by Leonard Bernstein, 1978), Der Freischütz (conducted by Rafael Kubelík, 1979), Lohengrin (with Dunja Vejzovic as Ortrud, led by Karajan 1975–81), Siegfried (conducted by Marek Janowski, 1982), Tristan und Isolde (with Dame Margaret Price, conducted by Carlos Kleiber, 1980–82), Götterdämmerung (Janowski, 1983), Die Frau ohne Schatten (with Cheryl Studer as the Empress (Kaiserin), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, 1987), and Die Dreigroschenoper (with Helge Dernesch, led by John Mauceri, 1988). Kollo has also recorded the Wesendonck Lieder (conducted by Christian Thielemann, 1992).
On video, two performances of his Tristan can be found: a 1983 production staged at the Bayreuth Festival by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (with Johanna Meier as Isolde) and a 1993 production from Berlin, directed by Götz Friedrich (with Dame Gwyneth Jones as the Irish princess).