Klaus Florian Vogt is one of the leading Wagner tenors of our time and is internationally renowned for his interpretations of roles such as Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, Stolzing, Siegmund and Siegfried. He is a regular guest at the world’s foremost opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and appears frequently at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.
He made his Bayreuth Festival debut in 2007 as Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and went on to achieve major success there as Lohengrin and in the title role of Parsifal. In recent years, he has expanded his repertoire to include the role of Siegfried in the two corresponding operas of the Ring des Nibelungen. In addition to his Wagner roles, his repertoire includes Florestan (Fidelio), Paul (Die tote Stadt) and Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), as well as lyric-dramatic parts such as Erik (Der fliegende Holländer) and the Prince (Rusalka).
Klaus Florian Vogt is also highly regarded as a concert and Lieder singer and has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Munich Philharmonic, working with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Andris Nelsons, Mariss Jansons and Christian Thielemann. His extensive discography includes numerous acclaimed recordings, among them Lohengrin, Parsifal and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In 2012 he was awarded the ECHO Klassik as „Artist of the Year“, and in 2019 he was named „Hamburger Kammersänger“ by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
Daniel Behle is one of the most versatile tenors of his generation, equally at home on the opera stage, in the concert hall and in the Lied repertoire. His artistry is characterised by remarkable stylistic versatility, exceptional textual clarity and a profound sense of musical expression.
Daniel Behle regularly appears at Europe’s leading opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala Milan, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Semperoper Dresden and the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam. He has also been a guest at the Salzburg Festival, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival and the Bayreuth Festival. His operatic repertoire includes major Mozart roles, the great Strauss roles as well as demanding parts from the Wagner repertoire.
As a concert artist, Daniel Behle collaborates regularly with internationally renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. His artistic partnerships include conductors such as Franz Welser-Möst, Daniele Gatti, Kirill Petrenko, Christian Thielemann, Adam Fischer, Pablo Heras-Casado, Semyon Bychkov, Philippe Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Lorenzo Viotti and Ingo Metzmacher.
The Lied repertoire holds a special place in Daniel Behle’s artistic life. His recitals have taken him to venues including Wigmore Hall London, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, KKL Lucerne and the Musikverein Vienna. Alongside his singing career, he is increasingly recognised as a composer. His operetta Hopfen und Malz was performed at several German opera houses in 2023, and his second operetta Der Schmetterling has been completed. In 2020, Daniel Behle received the OPUS KLASSIK Award for “Singer of the Year” for his aria album MoZart.
German-British tenor Kieran Carrel is equally at home on the opera stage, in concert, and in song, known for his expressive artistry and versatility. Raised bilingually, he draws on both his German and English heritage to shape his musical identity.
After winning second prize at the 2020 German National Singing Competition, he joined the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. There, he has performed leading roles including Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Walther (Tannhäuser), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer), Froh (Das Rheingold), Narraboth (Salome), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), and Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). He has appeared as Rinaldo in Haydn’s Armida at the Bregenz Festival and debuted as Tamino at Cologne Opera. Future engagements include the Glyndebourne Festival and Zurich Opera House.
Carrel is equally active as a concert and recital singer. Highlights include Britten’s War Requiem (Staatstheater Darmstadt), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (WDR and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras), and Haydn’s The Creation (Konzerthausorchester Berlin, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon). He has sung at Wigmore Hall and Pierre Boulez Saal, collaborating with artists such as Christoph Prégardien, András Schiff, and Kristian Bezuidenhout. Recent debuts include the MA Festival Bruges and Schubertiade Schwarzenberg.
He studied with Christoph Prégardien in Cologne and Neil Mackie at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and received further mentorship from Thomas Hampson and Hartmut Höll through the Heidelberger Liedacademy.
„Bizets Opern-Klassiker mit einer spektakulären Sophie Rennert. Stolz, verletzlich und mit starker Wirkung […]“
Austrian mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert is among the most distinguished artists of her generation. Born into a musical family, she began singing at twelve with her mother, soprano Sigrid Rennert, and later studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Karlheinz Hanser and Charles Spencer. She refined her artistry in masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Ann Murray, and Helmut Deutsch.
Her operatic repertoire includes Carmen, Dorabella, Donna Elvira, Cherubino, Ruggiero, Nicklausse, Orlofsky, Rosina, Hänsel, Angelina, and Charlotte. Engagements have taken her to the Theater an der Wien, Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, and the Utrecht Early Music Festival.
A frequent guest at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Hohenems, she is celebrated for her expressive Lied interpretations. Her concert repertoire spans Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and works by Mahler, alongside baroque and contemporary roles such as Irene (Vivaldi’s Tamerlano), Piacere (Handel’s Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno), and Harper Pitt (Eötvös’ Angels in America).
Rennert has collaborated with leading conductors including David Afkham, Ivor Bolton, Semyon Bychkov, Ottavio Dantone, Ádám Fischer, Philippe Jordan, Joanna Mallwitz, Jordi Savall, Andreas Spering, Franz Welser-Möst, and Simone Young, performing with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de España, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Her recordings include Brahms Lieder (Hyperion), Handel’s Lotario, Vivaldi’s Tamerlano, and Von den Göttern weiß ich nichts with works by Uli Rennert. A laureate of the International Mozart Competition Salzburg, she also received the Second Prize and Audience Prize at the Cesti Competition in Innsbruck.
Sacramento (California) born Irene Roberts is one of the most remarkable mezzo-sopranos of her generation, captivating audiences with her powerful vocal expressiveness and commanding stage presence.
In the 2025/26 season, she will appear as Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, and the International May Festival in Wiesbaden. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, she will also sing Carmen and Kundry (Parsifal). The highlight of the season will be her role debut as Sieglinde in Tobias Kratzer's new production of Die Walküre at the Bavarian State Opera.
At the 2024 Bayreuth Festival, Irene Roberts made her acclaimed festival debut as Venus in Tobias Kratzer's celebrated production of Tannhäuser, a role she also sang with great success at the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival and in 2022 at the Opéra National de Lyon.
From 2015/16 to 2023/24, Irene Roberts was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she sang a wide repertoire, including Hänsel, Marguerite (La damnation de Faust), Nicklausse, Cherubino, Rosina, Brangäne, and the title role in Carmen. Since then, she has appeared as a guest at the Deutsche Oper as Eboli (Don Carlo), Kundry, and once again as Carmen.
Further guest engagements have taken Irene Roberts to the Bavarian State Opera (Suzuki, Kundry), the Tyrolean Festival Erl (Kundry), the Hanover State Opera (Kundry), the Teatro Massimo Palermo (Brangäne), the New National Theatre Tokyo (Amneris), the Teatro La Fenice (Amneris), the Opéra National de Lorraine and the Opéra de Dijon (Boesmans' Julie), the Stadttheater Klagenfurt (Venus), the Dutch National Opera (Muse/Nicklausse) and the Macerata Opera Festival (Carmen), and in the USA at the San Francisco Opera (Offred/The Handmaid's Tale, Carmen, Dorabella, among others), the Metropolitan Opera, the Palm Beach Opera, the Atlanta Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the New Orleans Opera, and the Lyric Opera Baltimore.
Irene Roberts can be heard on Opera Rara's studio recording as Malvina Douglas in Mercadante's Il Proscritto, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, which was released in 2023.
Irene Roberts is also in demand internationally as a concert singer, performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding, the San Francisco Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Sir Donald Runnicles, and in recitals at Wigmore Hall in London.
