before his death, started treatment for bipolar disorder. He was found dead at his apartment in Bremen, Germany on July 21, 2001 aged 47. While his death was initially attributed to heart failure, according to obituary information released by the press office for the New York production of The Phantom of the Opera, it was later ruled a suicide by the district attorney in Bremen after an empty bottle of prescription heart medication was found at the scene. Stage roles Broadway The Phantom of the Opera, Original Cast, (1988) as Raoul(1990) as The Phantom The Red Shoes, as Boris Lermontov, (1993) International Cats, 1983 and 1984, in Vienna, Austria, (as Munkustrap/Dance Captain) Company, 1986, in Berlin, Germany, (as Robert) The Phantom of the Opera, 1986, in London, UK, (as Raoul, u/s The Phantom) Die Schöne und das Biest, 1996/97 in Vienna, Austria, (as Biest/Prinz) Tanz der Vampire, 1997 - 1999 in Vienna, Austria, (as Graf von Krolock) Regional The Phantom of the Opera, 1990 and 1991, Los Angeles, (as Raoul) The Anastasia Affaire, 1991 and 1992, (as Prince Paul) Six Wives, 1993, (as Henry VIII) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, 1993, (as Quasimodo) Kiss Me, Kate, 1994, (as Fred Graham and Petruchio), Goodspeed Opera House, CT Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, (as Sweeney Todd), Jan. and Feb. 1996, in Pittsburgh Let's Do It, a new A. R. Gurney Show with Cole Porter music and lyrics which workshopped at the Long Wharf Theater, New Haven, CT, USA, April and May 1996, (as Nick Cameron, alias the Count of Luxemburg). Television guest roles Tatort, 1992, guest role as FBI Agent Mike Haller, ORF, Austria The Young and the Restless, 1994, guest role and Another World, 1994, guest role as Bailey Thompson Selected discography Musicals 1983: Cats, Original Vienna Cast Recording, as Munkustrap, in German language 1987: Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera, Original London Cast, as Raoul 1987: The Phantom of the Opera, Original London Cast Recording, as Raoul 1988: Show Boat, as Steve Baker 1998: Anastasia - The Musical, as Prince Paul 1998: Tanz der Vampire – Die Höhepunkte der Welturaufführung, Original Vienna Cast, as Graf von Krolock, in German language 1998: Tanz der Vampire – Die Gesamtaufnahme, Original Vienna Cast Recording, as Graf von Krolock, in German language Guest appearances 1985: Angelika Milster - Meisterstücke, 2 duets 1998: Paul Schwartz's Aria, Vol. 2 - New Horizon,