René Kollo
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 20, 1937
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Known For
Beethoven Fidelio
This production is a gala affair; the sets are traditional (evocative of 18th-19th century Spain); the lighting is bright, so colors are good and one can see all of the action. Singers are generally well chosen and perform admirably. However, at this point, slight reservations creep in; although Janowitz (Fidelio/Leonore) and Kollo (Florestan) look "good" and act well, the singing parts tax them a bit when pushed to the limit. Most of the time that doesn't matter, and an argument can be made that a little vocal strain is in character with their dire plight. Ideally, for me, Vickers as Florestan would have added extra vocal heft and more sensitive acting than Kollo.
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Karajan's very best video Beethoven 9th Symphony, recorded December 31, 1977. The Quartet of vocal soloists and Chorus in IV are superb. This is much better than Karajan's 1968 Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven 9 video (DG), filmed in the Philharmonie with no live audience present.
Dalli Dalli
Dalli Dalli
Wiener Blut
An operetta with music by Johann Strauss II. However, he did not see the premiere. Wiener Blut is set at the time of the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815, an international conference that sought to settle Europe after the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows a traditional operetta plot full of mistaken identities. Count Balduin Zedlau, ambassador of the tiny court of Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz, is posted to Vienna. Count Zedlau is married but a real Don Juan always looking for a new encounter. Many of Strauss' compositions are used in the operetta although he did not specifically composed them for the operetta.
Gypsy Princess
Kálmán Imre's beloved operetta comes to the screen in this comedy of music, marriage and class set in Budapest and Vienna before the outbreak of the First World War, recorded at the Budapest Opera in 1963.
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Filmed in 1971, this rehearsal was directed by Humphrey Burton,
Gräfin Mariza
A countess, paying a rare visit to her estate, clashes with the man she has hired to manage it.
NDR Talk Show
Filmography
as Traveller (archived footage)
as Self
as Self
as Aegisth
as Der Tenor/Bacchus
as Self
as Self
as Tannhäuser
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Tristan
as Self
as Self
as Graf Danilo Danilowitsch
as Self
as Florestan
as Self
as Self
as Self - Tenor
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Prinz Sou-Chong
as Graf Tassilo
as Graf Zedlau
as Edwin Ronald
as Self
as Self - Candidate
as Self
as Barkeeper