He began his musical career as a horn player with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, while also starting his vocal studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Lübeck. His repertoire includes roles such as Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Parsifal, Stolzing (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Siegmund (Die Walküre), Siegfried (Siegfried and Götterdämmerung) and Tristan; as well as Florestan (Fidelio), Paul (Die tote Stadt), Hoffmann (Les contes d’Hoffmann), the Prince (Rusalka), and Faust (La damnation de Faust). He has collaborated with renowned orchestras and conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Andris Nelsons, Simone Young and Christian Thielemann.
A regular performer at major international theatres and festivals, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2007 and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2019. His recent engagements include Lohengrin in Vienna, Hamburg, Munich, and Bayreuth; Paul in Hamburg, Helsinki and Munich; Siegmund at La Scala in Milan and the Metropolitan Opera New York; Stolzing in Berlin and Paris; Tannhäuser in Munich; Siegfried in Bayreuth and Tristan in Dresden.
He made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2005/06 season with Die tote Stadt, returning with Parsifal (2010/11), Lohengrin and Rusalka (2012/13), and Die Walküre (2013/14).
(Photo: Wolfgang Wilde)