Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala

Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde)

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) and Ain Anger (Fafner)

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime) and Michael Volle (The Wanderer)

By Laura Servidei, 23 June 2025

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“Vogt's... youthful timbre perfectly captured the character's brash arrogance and naive innocence”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 21 June 2025

Wagner, Siegfried

Teatro alla Scala

Alexander Soddy, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director, Set Designer

Emma Kingsbury, Costume Designer

David Finn, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Hannah Postlethwaite, Set Designer

Klaus Florian Vogt, Siegfried

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Mime

Michael Volle, Der Wanderer

Camilla Nylund, Brünnhilde

Ólafur Sigurdarson, Alberich

Ain Anger, Fafner

Christa Mayer, Erda

Francesca Aspromonte, Waldvogel (the woodbird)

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*****

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

When a voice defies expectations: Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala