ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, æt ðə bˈeɪɹuːθ fˈɛstɪvəl, hiː ɐpˈɪɹd æz ɡˈɜːnɪmˌænts ɪn wˈæɡnɚz pˈɑːɹsɪfəl ˌʌndɚ kˈɑːɹl mˈʌk ænd ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd ðə ɡˈʊd fɹˈaɪdeɪ mjˈuːzɪk ˌʌndɚ sˈiːɡfɹid wˈæɡnɚ.
In 1927, at the Bayreuth Festival, he appeared as Gurnemanz in Wagner's Parsifal under Karl Muck and recorded the Good Friday Music under Siegfried Wagner.