Was born in Germany. He has performed the Stuermann in Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), the fourth Jew in Salome (R. Strauss), Sellem in The Rake´s Progress (Stravinsky) and created the role of Alfred Schnittkes in Historia (Johann Fausten) at Hamburg, Bonn, Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Vienna, Singapore, Riga, Amsterdam, Lyon and others.