On 25 May 2020 Klaus Florian Vogt will be a guest in the radio show „Doppelkopf“ on hr2 Kultur. In a conversation with music journalist Hans-Jürgen Mende, he talks about his career, about how he deals with reviews, about his life as a family man, about upcoming roles - and about how he came to sing in the first place. Listen here: https://www.hr2.de/programm/doppelkopf/doppelkopf--am-tisch-mit-klaus-florian-vogt-startenor,id-doppelkopf-1824.html
With a chamber music version of „Die schöne Müllerin“, Klaus Florian Vogt was able to celebrate a great success at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie in 2019. With the Lied cycle arranged for octet by composer Andreas N. Tarkmann, the tenor can be heard on 29 May 2020 at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. May 29, 2020, 7:30 pm. https://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/programm/spielplan/die-schoene-muellerin/6952/
On the website of the Dutch radio channel NPO Radio 4, Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony with the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest is currently available in an online stream. Klaus Florian Vogt sings the tenor part, further soloists of this gigantic „Symphony of a Thousand“ are Shenyang, Janina Baechle, Tommi Hakala, Regula Mühlemann, Camilla Nylund, Helena Rasker and Ailish Tynan. The WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, the London Symphony Chorus, the MDR Rundfunkchor and the Knabenchor Hannover are singing. Marc Albrecht hast he musical direction of the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. www.nporadio4.nl/mahler/alles-over-mahler/5269-beluister-mahlers-achtste-symfonie-symphonie-der-tausend
As Katharina Wagner announced, the Bayreuth Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to the corona pandemic. „Der Ring des Nibelungen“, which was supposed to premiere in July 2020, is postponed to 2022. Klaus Florian Vogt should have appeared as Siegmund in the new production of „Die Walküre“, and he also should also have taken over the role of Walther von Stolzing in „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“.