in 1980 as the narrator in a performance of Honegger's by the and the in the , with soloists Klesie Kelly and Claudia Eder. As a teacher, he taught voice at the opera class of the Peter Cornelius Conservatory of Mainz, from 1987 acting at the opera class of the (now Hochschule für Musik Detmold), and as professor of voice at the (now ). He died in Vienna. Selected recordings Alban Berg – Lulu, Rodrigo, , Pierre Boulez (1979, DVD) Gustav Mahler – , London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (1970) W.A. Mozart – Requiem: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (1967) Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto: Monterone, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Carlo Franci (1970) Richard Wagner – Kothner, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Silvio Varviso (1974) Kothner, dirigiert von Georg Solti (1975) Wagner – Tannhäuser Reinmar, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang Sawallisch (1962) Reinmar, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Otmar Suitner (1964) Biterolf, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Carl Melles (1966) Wagner – Gürzenich Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (1962) Donner, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Böhm, (1966) Wagner – : Hunding, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Böhm, (1967) Wagner – : Steuermann, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Böhm (1966) Wagner – Parsifal: Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch Wagner – Lohengrin: Heerrufer, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Rafael Kubelik (1971) Bernd Alois Zimmermann – : Haudy, Gürzenich Orchestra, Michael Gielen (1965, WERGO) References External links Nienstedt, Gerd Bibliotheken Archive Museen Gerd Nienstedt operadepot.com German operatic basses 1932 births 1993 deaths Musicians from Hanover German bass-baritones Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold 20th-century German male opera singers Österreichischer Kammersänger Naturalised citizens of Austria