El oro del Rin
He was a character tenor best known as a Wagner singer. His signature role was Mime ("Das Rheingold", "Siegfried"). Other important roles were David ("Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"), Loge ("Das Rheingold"), Aegisth ("Elektra") and Herod ("Salome"). He also sang the Captain in "Wozzeck" and, the roles of Oberon ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") and the Emperor Nero, both of which were originally written for countertenor. He recorded Mozart's high-tenor "Singspiel" roles, Monostatos and Pedrillo.