Das schlaue Füchslein
He made his Covent Garden debut on 4 November 1983 as a Frontier Guard in "Boris Godunov" (having also prepared the role of a monk) going on to sing Quince in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in July 1986, and Colonel Frank, the prison governor, in "Die Fledermaus," a role, said "The Times", that suited his comic talents to perfection. Returning to Covent Garden in 1993, he gave "excellent performances of Badger and the Priest" in "The Cunning Little Vixen".