from San Francisco, CA
1938
Welsh opera singer
He joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1968, and the Royal Opera House in 1970..
His roles have included most of the major bass roles of the Verdi and Wagner repertories, such as: Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La forza del destino, Don Carlo, Tannhäuser ( opera ), Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, etc....