Among her performances were title roles in the operas Turandot, Ariadne auf Naxos and Carmen, and "Maria" in Wozzeck.
He mostly plays old records of German opera such as Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an important element of the novel, but he also broadcasts pieces of news which mainstream media do not want to broadcast.
In 1974 he made his professional opera debut as the First Apprentice in Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the Royal Opera, London.
Recently, he appeared in San Francisco as the title (and sole) character in Erling Wold's Mordake, and as the Captain in the new chamber-orchestra version of Alban Berg's Wozzeck and for Long Beach Opera, reprising the role of Mao Tse-Tung in Nixon in China.
She sang in numerous concerts and operas with the chorus over the next eight years, including productions of Tosca and Wozzeck.
Besides the 18th and 19th century Italian repertoire, he also gained considerable acclaim in character roles such as Fra Melitone, Geronte, Gianni Schicchi, Baron Ochs, the Doctor in Wozzeck, as well as roles in many contemporary works by Rota, Tosatti, etc.
The opera is based on the drama Woyzeck, which was left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner at his death.
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In 1939, he was back in Italy, where he became a member of the Rome Opera, in 1942 taking part in the Italian premiere of Berg's Wozzeck.
At that theatre, he has since been seen in Gianni Schicchi (as Rinuccio, 1975), Don Pasquale (as Ernesto, directed by John Dexter, 1979), Fidelio (as Jaquino, with Jon Vickers as Florestan, 1980), Wozzeck (as Andres, opposite Anja Silja, 1980), Don Giovanni (as Don Ottavio, 1994), Die Fledermaus (as Alfred, 1995), etc.