 It was as Siegmund that Hofmann first drew international acclaim when he performed the role in the historic "Jahrhundertring" ("Centenary Ring") at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976, celebrating the centenary of both the festival and the first performance of the complete cycle, conducted by Pierre Boulez and staged by Patrice Chéreau, recorded and filmed in 1979 and 1980.He was also heard at Bayreuth as the title heroes in "Parsifal" (both 1976 and 1978) and "Lohengrin" (1979 and 1982), as Tristan in "Tristan und Isolde" (1986), and Walther in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (1988).He subsequently appeared in Stuttgart, Paris, Vienna, London, Chicago, and San Francisco.