He studied singing
under Louise Weinlich-Tipka in Munich and with Julius Stockhausen inFrankfurt
a. M.. He made his debut in 1888 at the Stadttheater in Graz as hunter in
"Nachtlager von Granada" by C. Kreutzer. In the 1888-1894 seasons he
sang at the Opernhaus in Cologne, then in the 1894-1897 seasons appeared at the
Stadttheater in Hamburg. In 1897 he was engaged by the Hofoper in Berlin and performed till 1919. Here he
sang in the premiere of the operas ‘’Briseïs’’ of Emmanuel Chabrier (14. 1.
1899), ‘’Regina’’ of Albert Lortzing (21. 3. 1899), ‘’Cain’’ by E. d'Albert
(17. 9. 1900), "Heilmar, der Narr" by W. Kienzl (28. 1. 1902),
"Der Wald" by Mrs Ethel Smyth
(9. 4. 1902), "Der Roland von Berlin" by R. Leoncavallo (13. 12.
1904) and in E.Humperdinck’s
"Heirat wider Willen" by (14. 4. 1905). In 1906 he sang in the
Berlin première of ‘’Salome’’ by R. Strauss. In 1911 he performed in the
premiere of "Rosenkavalier". In 1907 sang the role of Sharpless in G.
Puccini’s ‘’Madama Butterfly’’. He made guest appearances in Munich,Dresden,
Hamburg, London and Brussels. His extensive repertoire included Nelusco in G.
Meyerbeer’s ‘’Africaine’’, Lothario in ‘’Mignon’’ of A. Thomas, Papageno in
"Zauberflöte", Wolfram in ‘’Tannhäuser’’, Telramund in ‘’Lohengrin’’,
Pizarro in ‘’Fidelio’’. After end of his stage career he worked in Berlin as
vocal pedagogue.
