Ulrich Andreas Vogt (born 6 August 1952) is a German businessman who was director of the Vogt-Gruppe. He was a tenor at the

Opernhaus Dortmund Opernhaus Dortmund is the opera house of Dortmund, Germany, operated by the Theater Dortmund organisation. A new opera house opened in 1966, replacing an earlier facility which opened in 1904 and was destroyed during World War II. It was built o ...

and founding director of the

Konzerthaus Dortmund Theater Dortmund is a theatrical organization that produces operas, musicals, ballets, plays, and concerts in Dortmund, Germany. It was founded as the Stadttheater Dortmund in 1904. Supported by the German Government, the organization owns and op ...

. Born in

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, Vogt studied at the conservatory piano and violin, planning to become to be a musician. When his father died in 1974, he took over managing the family's service business. He studied business and simultaneously voice with

Elisabeth Grümmer Elisabeth Grümmer (née Schilz; 31 March 1911 – 6 November 1986) was a German soprano. She has been described as "a singer blessed with elegant musicality, warm-hearted sincerity, and a voice of exceptional beauty". Life Elisabeth Schilz was b ...

. From 1979 he was a tenor at the

, then under the direction of

Hans Wallat Hans Wallat (18 October 1929 – 11 December 2014) was a German conductor, GMD in Bremen, at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Theater Dortmund and Deutsche Oper am Rhein. A specialist for the stage works of Richard Wagner, he appeared at the Bayre ...

. In 1984, he retired as a singer to concentrate on the business Vogt-Gruppe for

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. He promoted the building of the

. From 1998, he was director of the ''Dortmunder Konzerthaus GmbH'', building began in 2000, and the house was opened in 2002.

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Vogt-Gruppe

Konzerthaus Dortmund

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vogt, Ulrich Andreas German theatre directors Businesspeople from Dortmund Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1952 births Living people Musicians from Dortmund