Spiritual Aspects of Operatic Singing: Klaus Florian Vogt
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Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality
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The singing of German tenor Klausn Florian Vogt (b. 1970) initially puzzled, and continues to fascinate those whon hear his voice on stage and through transmissions and recordings. In this papern Meyer-Dinkgräfe provides a brief biography of Vogt, followed by an account,n based on interviews with Vogt (including my own), on how he relates to his majorn roles, his voice, his acting and experiences with director’s theatre, his way ofn preparing for a role in rehearsals and on a day of performance. The paper alson discusses how Vogt relates his experience of singing to that of flying a plane,n his political views on the need for opera in the regions, his thoughts on then differences between singing in a fully staged opera and an aria recital, how hen experiences singing, and the impact on it of orchestra and conductor, magicn moments, and anecdotes of unexpected events in performance. These two sectionsn provide sufficient information to allow the readers to form their own image ofn Vogt. In the third section, I address the reception of Vogt’s voice and singingn in the media, and provide a context of spirituality to account further for then exceptional nature of Vogt’s voice and singing; here I also relate informationn provided in the first two sections to the development and expression ofn spirituality.
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