Andrea Chénier
Born in Vryheid, South Africa, he studied in Johannesburg with Teasdale Griffiths and Esme Webb, and made his stage debut there, with the Transvaal Opera, as Yamadori in "Madama Butterfly", in 1967. Further studies followed in London with Otokar Kraus, making his debut there in 1970, as Mathieu in "Andrea Chénier".