Born in Oppeln (Germany) in 1913. He initially studied with Richard Tomler as a baritone and was trained anew by Paul Lohmann as a tenor. He started his professional career at the Greifswald State Theatre (Greifswald Staatstheater) (1938/39), until he was drafted. During the war he sang at the lyric theatres of Brüx (today's Most, Czech Republic, 1940/43) and Reichenberg (today's Liberec, Czech Republic, 1943/44). After the war he appeared at the German theatres of Goettingen (1947), Wiesbaden (1948/49) and was hired by the Hamburg State Opera (1949/57). At the same time, he played Max (Der Freischütz) at the Komische Oper Berlin. As an guest artist he appeared at lyric theatres such as Berlin State Opera (1956/61), Hannover State Theatre (1956/59) and Mannheim National Theatre (1959/65). He sang once at the Bayreuth Festival, performing the role of Walther von Stolzing (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1957). He also appeared in Amsterdam as Florestan (1960, Fidelio), in Liege as Tristan (1969, Tristan und Isolde) and in Wiesbaden as Tenor/Bacchus (1962, Ariadne auf Naxos), as well as at the Berlin State Opera (1954/55), London (1957), Graz (1963), Turin, France and Spain. He also sang the roles: Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer), Siegmund (Die Walküre), Kaiser (Frau ohne Schatten), Otello, Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Rodolfo (La bohème), Don Jose (Carmen).He passed away in Berlin on 9/6/1979. With the Greek National Opera he collaborated once, performing the role of Tannhäuser in the same name opera (1966/67). // Last update of the biography: March 2020 - The list of the productions below is complete.