He studied singing at the conservatoire of
Antwerp under Mina Bolotine and then with Clemens Glettenberg in Cologne. Later
he was a pupil of the famous heroic tenor Max Lorenz. First he appeared as a
concert singer. In 1940 he made his debut at the Opera House of Antwerp and till
1971 remained a member. He made guest appearances in Paris (Grand Opéra, 1956,
as Tannhäuser), Marseille and Strasbourg, Cologne and at the National Theater
in Mannheim. Since 1960 he was often to be heard as a guest at the Théâtre de
la Monnaie in Brussels. Since 1958 he worked as a pedagogue at the
conservatoire of Antwerp. His repertoire included Pollione in V. Bellini’s ‘’Norma’’,
Manrico in ‘’Il Trovatore’’, Tannhäuser, Siegmund in "Walküre", Siegfried
in Nibelungenring, Parsifal, José in ‘’Carmen’’, Samson in ‘’Samson et Dalila’’
by C. Saint-Saëns and Dimitri in ‘’Boris Godunov’’ of M. Mussorgsky.
Chronology of some appearances
1940-1971 Antwerp Opera House
1956 Paris Grand Opéra
1960 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Norma (Bellini): Meco all altar di venere
Siegfried (Wagner): Nothung! Nothung!
Walküre (Wagner): Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
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