René Kollo - From Mary Lou To Meistersinger (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 2-"Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!-In des Lebens Frühlingstagen" (Live)
02. Weber: Der Freischütz, J. 277 / Act 1-"Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Quälen...Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen"
03. Brahms: Rinaldo, Op.50-Stelle her der goldnen Tage
04. Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70-Paris Version / Act 3-"Inbrunst im Herzen, wie kein Büßer noch...Dahin zog's mich, wo ich der Wonn und Lust"
05. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act 3-"Morgenlich leuchtend"
06. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 1-"Tristan!-Isolde! Treuloser Holder!"
07. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3-"Noch ist kein Schiff zu sehn!"
08. Wagner: Parsifal, WWV 111 / Act 2-"Amfortas! Die Wunde!"
09. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde-Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
10. Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper-Zuhälterballade
11. Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper-Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
12. Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper-Grabschrift
13. Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza-Grüß mir die süßen, die reizenden Frauen
14. Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza-Auch ich war einst ein feiner Csárdáskavalier
15. J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Operetta) / Act 1-Grüß Gott, mein liebes Kind
16. J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Operetta) / Act 3-Als ich ward ihr Mann
17. J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Operetta) / Act 1-Du süßes Zuckertäuberl mein
18. J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Operetta) / Act 3-Wiener Blut
19. J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus / Act 1-Nr.5 "Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell"
20. Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns-Arr. Bert Grund / Act 1-Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz
21. Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns-Arr. Bert Grund / Act 1-Bei einem Tee à deux
22. Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns-Arr. Bert Grund / Act 2-Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
23. Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns-Arr. Bert Grund / Act 1-Immer nur lächeln und immer vergnügt
24. Offenbach: Die schöne Helena: Auf Dem Berge Ida
25. Ach, wie ist's möglich dann
26. O Täler weit, o Höhen
27. Hello Mary Lou

The collection spans the wide range of his repertoire: on the one hand legendary Heldentenor roles with conductors such as Bernstein, Kleiber and Solti, on the other, operettas, folksongs and Weill’s “Threepenny Opera.” Also included is one of Kollo’s big early successes as a pop singer: his charming 1961 German-language version of the international hit “Mary Lou.”.

Booklet notes in English and German

René Kollo has never accepted the distinction between the echelons of serious art or high culture and entertainment. From a background of operetta that embraced the revue and cabaret genres, Kollo took an interest in Dixieland jazz, flirted with success in the pop music genre, then drifted toward opera. He went on to sing not only arias by Puccini and Verdi but also Lehár and Cole Porter, and became a legendary Wagner tenor. As he wrote in the preface to a programme booklet in 1982, “Lohengrin didn’t want to watch over the Holy Grail, he wanted to descend to humankind. Nor do I feel called upon to focus exclusively on guarding the Grail of German art.”

One of the most beloved and acclaimed Wagner tenors of the 20th century, his first Tannhäuser was recorded with Georg Solti as early as 1970. Following his Lohengrin triumph at Bayreuth, Herbert von Karajan invited him to perform at the Salzburg Easter Festival in a production of Die Meistersinger with the Berliner Philharmoniker. A studio recording with the Dresden Staatskapelle followed as did international débuts in quick succession: Vienna, Chicago, New York, London. And of course, Kollo was de rigueur in Bayreuth’s “Centennial Ring” conducted by Pierre Boulez.

His vast operatic repertoire encompassed Tamino to Florestan, Don José and Otello to Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes. In his stunning live performances Kollo identified completely with his roles and brought impressive character studies whether as Tannhäuser or Tristan, Herodes in Salome or Macheath in The Threepenny Opera.

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