In the German repertoire, he was known for Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Rocco in Beethoven's Fidelio, van Bett in Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann, Baculus in Der Wildschütz, Daland in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, König Heinrich in Lohengrin, Hunding in Die Walküre, Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
He appeared as Pimen in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Pommersfelden in Hindemith's Mathis der Maler, Schigolch in Alban Berg's Lulu, and Oberlin in Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz.
[5] He toured, mainly with the Oper Frankfurt, to London, Paris, Copenhagen, Athens, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro.
[1][2] He sang the bass solo in Bach's Christmas Oratorio in a concert which Karl Richter conducted at the Salzburg Großes Festspielhaus on 10 December 1966, with Ursula Buckel, Hertha Töpper and Ernst Haefliger.
[6] He recorded the bass part in Beethoven's Missa solemnis, with Günter Wand conducting the chorus and orchestra of the Gürzenich in Cologne, alongside Leonore Kirschstein, Jeanne Deroubaix and Peter Schreier.