The time of change

The most formative challenge of my career at the Vienna State Opera began under Dominique Meyer and Franz Welser-Möst. Thanks to the encouragement of my mentor Marcel Prawy, I switched from lyric tenor to heldentenor, despite my initial reservations.

My debut as a heldentenor was in Paul Hindemith's "Cardillac" under Meyer's new direction. Back at the Vienna State Opera, I took on the role of the "Officer" and took on the new challenge.

The switch to the heldentenor fach was successful. Meyer recognized me as an ideal heldentenor and I played important roles such as "Bacchus" in "Ariadne auf Naxos", "Paul" in "Die tote Stadt", "Lohengrin", "Peter Grimes", "Jim Mahoney" in "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny", "Loge" in "Rheingold", "Erik" in "Der fliegende Holländer", "Siegmund" in "Die Walküre", the Tambourmajor in "Wozzeck" and "Alwa" in "Lulu".