- His operatic roles include: Police Officer in the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky (Royal Opera House, London, 1949); Mr. Flint in "Billy Budd", libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier (after the story by Herman Melville ) , music by Benjamin Britten (Royal Opera House, London, 1952); Enrico in "Lucia di Lammermoor", by Salvatore Cammarano after the novel by Sir Walter Scott , music by Gaetano Donizetti (Royal Opera House, London, 1959)
- (1984) His final performance was at Covent Garden Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England when he sang Dr. Dulcamara in the opera, "L'Elisir D'Amore."
- (1976) One of his last performances was Baron Prus in the opera, "The Makropoulos Case," which he sang with the San Francisco Opera in San Francisco, California.
- He played the title of role Saul at Sadler's Wells for the Handel Opera Society which his repertoire included Mendelssohn's "Eliah."
- (1974) He performed the role of Trader Case in Hoddincott's opera, "The Beach at Falesa."
- He performed the role of Leporello in Tito Gobbi's opera, "Don Giovanni" in Dublin, Ireland.
- At Covent Garden Opera House, he played Balstrode and Ned Keene in the opera, "Peter Grimes; Enrico in the opera, "Lucia Di Lammermoor;" the Marquis of Posa in the opera, "Don Carlos;" Amonasro in the opera, "Aida;" Tonio in the opera, "Pagliacci; the four villains in the opera, "Les Contes D'Hoffman;" Fra Melitone in "La Forza Del Destino;" Don Alfonso in "Cosi Fan Tutte;" and Dr. Bartolo in the opera "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia."
- He sang at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy; the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria; the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria; the Metropolitian Opera in New York City; the Teatro Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he sang the role of Don Pasquale.
- (1961) He created the role of Lemuel in the opera premiere of Don Giannini's "The Harvest" at the Chicago Opera Company in Chicago, Illinois. He also sang the role of "Claggart" in the opera, "Billy Budd."
- He also played Pyramus in the Mechanicals' entertainment.
- He also played the role of Bottom in Benjamin Britten's opera, "A Midsummer's Night Dream."
- (1959 - 1973) He performed with the San Francisco Opera in San Francisco, California. He performed the role of Beckmesser in the opera, "Die Meistersinger." He starred in Wagner's opera, "Town Clerk." He also performed in Berg's opera, "Wozzeck." He performed the role of Kecal in the opera, "The Barterd Bride" and "Gianni Schichhi."
- (1950 - 1960) He made his debut at the Glyndebourne Music Festival as Guglielmo in the opera, "Cosi Fan Tutte." He also appeared in roles such as Masetto and Leporello in the opera, "Don Giovanni" and played the role of "Papageno." He also played Falstaff. He also appeared in Verdi's opera, "Sir John."
- (1954) He played Antenor, the Trojan Captain of Spears, in William Walton's opera, "Troilus and Cressida."
- (1953) He played Lord Mountjoy in the opera, "Gloriana."
- (1951) He played the sailing master in Benjamin Britten's opera, "Billy Budd."
- He performed at the Covent Garden Opera Company as the Second Soldier in the opera, "Salome," or the Sacristan in the opera, "Tosca."
- (1948) He made his opera debut as the Nightwatchman in the opera, "Die Meistersinger." He also sang a variety of Priests, Police Offiers, and Courtiers before his first major role of "Schaunard." He performed Figaro in Mozart's opera, "The Marriage of Figaro."
- Author of his autobiography, "A Knight at the Opera."
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