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After short education he was active as a
Chorister at the Theatres in Koblenz und Zürich and
joined in 1885 to the Hofoper in Stuttgart. The
directorship of the opera house allowed him to perfect his studies by taking a
new lessons. After Additional vocal studies he made his debut in this opera
house as Lyonel in ‘’Martha’’ (1890). In 1897 he made guest appearances at the Opernhaus
in
Frankfurt a.M.. He performed also at the
Stadttheater in Zürich (1900),
Opernhaus in Leipzig
(1897),
Hoftheater in Wiesbaden
(1901) and
Karlsruhe
(1909), Hofoper in München (1904). His repertoire included
Wilhelm Meister in ‘’Mignon’’, Chapelou in ‘’Postillon de Lonjumeau’’, Leopold
in ‘’La Juive’’, Alfonso in ‘’La Muette de Portici’’, Tonio in
"La figlia del reggimento",
Almaviva in ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’, Arnoldo in ‘’Guglielmo Tell’’, Pinkerton
in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ and Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria Rusticana’’. In 1894 he
sang at the
Stuttgarter Oper in
the premiere of the opera
"Der Pfeifer von
Hardt" by Ferdinand Langer. He also appeared with success in
operettas and was estimated as a concert singer.
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