He has worked at leading European opera houses, including the Oper Frankfurt where he began as répétiteur in 1996, was Kapellmeister from 2002 to 2008, and has often appeared as a guest.

He was an assistant of Antonio Pappano in productions of the Bayreuth Festival, La Monnaie in Brussels and the Royal Opera House in London.

[2] He collaborated with stage directors such Tilman Knabe [de], Christof Loy, David McVicar, Keith Warner and Stein Winge.

His debut at La Scala in Milan, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, directed by William Kentridge, was recorded on DVD.

[2] Soloists included violinists Christian Tetzlaff, Janine Jansen, Veronika Eberle, Christel Lee and Julian Rachlin, cellists Heinrich Schiff, Miklós Perényi, Mischa Maisky and Danjulo Ishizaka, and pianists Claire-Marie Le Guay, Mariangela Vacatello and Markus Bellheim [de].