He was always welcome in Vienna: the German theater director Dieter Giesing staged several plays at the Burgtheater and Akademietheater. He was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen three times in the 80s and 90s. In 2019 he ventured into opera for the first time at the Klagenfurt City Theater and reaped the rewards Eugene Onegin Stormy applause at the premiere. On Saturday he is according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung died in Vienna at the age of 91.
