Opera singer. He was a tenor at the Vienna State Opera, where he sang regularly over 40 years beginning in 1936; in 1946 he was made a Kammersänger and in 1955 he sang Florestan at the reopening celebration of the restored Vienna State Opera house. He also sang at the Salzburg Festival, Milan’s La Scala, the Paris Opera, and London’s Covent Garden, and appeared as a concert artist. In 1966 he became a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. He was best known for his roles in Mozart’s operas, but he also was admired as Des Grieux, Lensky, Rodolfo, and Palestrina.
Opera singer. He was a tenor at the Vienna State Opera, where he sang regularly over 40 years beginning in 1936; in 1946 he was made a Kammersänger and in 1955 he sang Florestan at the reopening celebration of the restored Vienna State Opera house. He also sang at the Salzburg Festival, Milan’s La Scala, the Paris Opera, and London’s Covent Garden, and appeared as a concert artist. In 1966 he became a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. He was best known for his roles in Mozart’s operas, but he also was admired as Des Grieux, Lensky, Rodolfo, and Palestrina.
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