Klaus Florian Vogt is one of today’s outstanding Wagner tenors. His repertoire includes primarily dramatic roles such as Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Parsifal, Stolzing, Siegmund, Siegfried (Siegfried and Götterdämmerung), and Tristan, but also Florestan (Fidelio) and Paul (Die tote Stadt). In addition, he sings lyrical-dramatic roles such as the Prince (Rusalka) with great success.

Klaus Florian Vogt is a sought-after guest at all the world’s major opera houses, as well as at the Bayreuth Festival, the Salzburg Festival, and numerous other festivals. His engagements have taken him to opera houses in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Zurich, Barcelona, Vienna, Madrid, Milan, Toulouse, Helsinki, New York, and Tokyo, among others. In 2005, he made his Japanese debut as Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) in Tokyo, followed in 2006 by his American debut as Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 2007, he sang for the first time at La Scala in Milan (Lohengrin), followed later by Florestan (Fidelio). In 2025 and 2026, he will return to Milan as Siegmund and Siegfried in the new Ring des Nibelungen. In 2023, he enjoyed great success at Zurich Opera with his role debut as Siegfried in Siegfried and in Götterdämmerung. With his debut as Tristan in January 2024 at the Semperoper Dresden under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann, Klaus Florian Vogt then closed the last gap in his Wagner repertoire.

In 2007, he made his triumphant debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Walther von Stolzing in the new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg directed by Katharina Wagner. From 2011 to 2015, he sang Lohengrin in Hans Neuenfels’ production there. In the summer of 2016, Klaus Florian Vogt took on the title role in the new production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival under the musical direction of Hartmut Haenchen. From 2017 to 2021, he appeared on the Green Hill as Stolzing in Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed production of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” In 2019, he returned to the festival as Lohengrin, followed by Siegmund in Die Walküre in 2021. In 2022 and 2023, he will be seen in this role in the new Ring des Nibelungen production staged by Valentin Schwarz. In 2023, he sang the title role in “Tannhäuser” for the first time in Bayreuth, and in 2024 he made his debut as Siegfried in “Siegfried” and ‘Götterdämmerung’ and also reprised the title role in “Tannhäuser.” In 2025, he will take on both Siegfried roles in the Ring, and in 2026 he will appear in all four Ring operas.

Klaus Florian Vogt performs as Lohengrin all over the world. No other singer has achieved such artistic success in the role of Wagner’s Grail knight. He has performed the role at La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House in London, the Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the New National Theater in Tokyo, the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Baden-Baden Whitsun Festival, and, of course, on numerous occasions at the Bayreuth Festival.

Klaus Florian Vogt, who hails from northern Germany, began his musical career as a horn player in the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. At the same time, he studied singing at the Lübeck University of Music. In 1997/98, he received his first engagement at the Landestheater Flensburg, and from 1998 to 2003 he was a member of the ensemble at the Semperoper Dresden. He has been working as a freelancer since 2003.

Klaus Florian Vogt has also made a name for himself as a concert and lieder singer. His performances have taken him to Vienna, Milan, New York, the Tanglewood Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, London, Athens, Berlin, and Leipzig, as well as the Salzburg Festival. His repertoire includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Verdi, Flotow, and, of course, Wagner. He enjoyed great success in 2019 with the premiere of a chamber music version of Franz Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin” at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. On the concert stage, he has worked with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, and the Munich Philharmonic, and with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Philipp Jordan, Kent Nagano, Gianandrea Noseda, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Christian Thielemann, and Simone Young.

He has made numerous recordings and solo albums. SONY Classical has released his three solo CDs “Helden” (2012) with the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin under Peter Schneider, “Wagner” (2013) with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, and “Favorites” (2014) with operetta arias and musical pieces with the Munich Radio Orchestra under the baton of Gerrit Prießnitz. The Bayreuth Festival has released DVDs of “Lohengrin,” “Parsifal,” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” among others, the latter of which was awarded the OPUS Klassik in October 2019. In 2023, the new production of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” from the Deutsche Oper Berlin was released on DVD (Naxos), and since 2023, “Die schöne Müllerin” has been available in a chamber music version with the Ensemble Acht (cpo). In July 2025, the Zurich Opera’s production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” was released on DVD and Blu-ray with Klaus Florian Vogt as Siegfried.

In 2012, Klaus Florian Vogt received the ECHO Klassik award as Artist of the Year. In 2019, the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg awarded him the honorary title of “Hamburger Kammersänger.” In January 2025, he was named Best Singer at the Opera! Awards in Brussels.