from Detroit, MI
1920
Died:1991
British opera singer • Opera Singer
He was principal bass at the Royal Opera House from 1951 and sang in most of the great opera houses of the world, most often in the role of Baron Ochs in " Der Rosenkavalier " during the 1960s and 1970s.
He sang in " The Midsummer Marriage ", " Gloriana ", " The Olympians ", " Billy Budd ", " A Midsummer Night's Dream ( opera ) ", " Don Carlos ", " Arabella ", " Der Rosenkavalier ", " Don Pasquale " and " Die Entführung aus dem Serail ", among others....