He graduated from high school in 1871 and made his debut in 1873 in Vienna in a small role as a soldier in Friedrich Schiller’s Fiesco.

[1] Successes in performing vocal roles led him to the decision to become a singer.

He sang in Johann Strauss II's Eine Nacht in Venedig and The Gypsy Baron, and in Vilém Blodek's comic one-act opera V studni [cs] (In the Well).

Together with Alexander Girardi, Karl Lindau, and Therese Biedermann [de], he formed the Elitekorps (elite corps) of the Viennese operetta.

He died on (1920-01-08)8 January 1920 in Berlin[1] and was buried at the Hietzing Cemetery in Vienna.