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6) EARLY CAREER WITH BRIEF RESUME:
dates / opera house or company / role / opera

Feb 1976; University College London Opera; title role in Macbeth (orig. 1847 version); producer: John Moody
Sep 1976; Glyndebourne Touring Opera; title role in Falstaff producer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
Oct 1976; joined the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, as a company principal
Nov 1976; English National Opera (debut); Tonio; I Pagliacci conductor: David Loyd-Jones
Jan 1977; Royal Opera House (debut); Killian; Der Freischutz producer: Götz Friedrich; conductor: Colin Davis

Remained with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as a company member until 1986, and roles included:

NEW PRODUCTIONS AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Grand Pretre, Samson et Dalila; Hercule, Alceste; Tierbandige, Lulu; Herrufer, Lohengrin; Paolo, Simone Boccanegra; Sonora, La fanciulla del West; Albert, Werther; High Priest, Idomeneo; Tchelkalov, Boris Goudonov; Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Faninal, Der Rosenkavalier; Roucher, Andrea Chenier

REVIVALS AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Marcello, La Boheme; Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia & La Nozze di Figaro, Papageno, Die Zaubeflöte; Balstrode, Peter Grimes;
Sharpless, Madama Butterfly; Malatesta, Don Pasquale; Falke, Die Fledermaus; Silvio, I Pagliacci; Iago, Otello


7) MAJOR DEBUTS:

date / opera house or company / role / opera / conductor / cast

Jun 1981; The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House; Pere Germont; La Traviata; with Richard Bonynge and Joan Sutherland.
Jan 1982; Paris Opera, Palais Garnier; Herrufer; Lohengrin; with Dohnanyi; Hoffmann, Tomova-Sintov, Nimsgern, Randova, Loyd
Mar 1986; Hamburg State Opera; Rodrigo; Don Carlos; with Patane; Aragall, Varady, Ramey
Nov 1987; Teatro Communale, Florence; Marcello; La Boheme; with Bartoletti; Freni, Merrit
Jan 1988; Bayarischer Staats Oper, Munich; Figaro; Le Nozze di Figaro; with Sawalisch; Cockburn, Brendel, Blazi
Jan 1988; Metropolitan Opera, New York; Marcello; La Boheme; with Klieber; Freni, Pavarotti, Daniels, Howell, Hampson
Sep 1988; La Scala Milan (on tour in Japan); Marcello; La Boheme; with Klieber; Freni, Dvorsky, Daniels, Surijan
Jun 1989; Frankfurt; Rigoletto; Rigoletto; with Farina, Dawson
Jul 1990; Glyndebourne Festival; Ford; Falstaff; with Mackerras; Desderi, Kenny, Howells, Palmer, Van Allen, Egerton, Jenkins, Torcevski
Nov 1990; Lyric Opera, Chicago; Enrico; Lucia di Lammermoor with Renzetti; Anderson and Kraus

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