He was a member of the Staatsoper Stuttgart for more than 20 years and is known for interpreting the works of Arnold Schoenberg in collaboration with Michael Gielen and Pierre Boulez.

[3] He recorded the part of Soroker in Boris Blacher's 200,000 Taler with conductor Heinrich Hollreiser, with Martha Mödl and Ernst Haefliger.

In 1970 he recorded Bach's cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, with Helmuth Rilling and the Gächinger Kantorei.

[7] In 1979 he appeared as the duke in the production of Schreker's Die Gezeichneten at the Oper Frankfurt, conducted by Gielen, with William Cochran and June Card.

[8] In 1980 he sang the title role in Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust, staged by Hans Neuenfels, with Cochran as Mephistopheles and June Card as the Duchess of Parma.