René Viktor Kollodzieyski, born November 20, 1937, in Berlin, Germany, known
professionally as René Kollo, is a German opera singer. Raised in a musical
family as the son of composer Willi Kollo and grandson of Walter Kollo, he
initially pursued popular music, recording a German version of "Hello Mary Lou"
for Polydor and achieving a hit with "Am Ende wird es Liebe sein" in 1961,
followed by an appearance in the film So liebt und küsst man in Tirol. In 1965,
Kollo transitioned to opera, debuting at the Staatstheater Braunschweig and
serving as first tenor at the Deutsche Oper am ...