He studied singing under the pedagogue John
Vine and made his debut in 1940 at the Opera of Dublin as Duke in G. Verdi’s ‘’Rigoletto’’.
He remained till 1945 in Dublin and still continued his butcher business. Then
he sang in different English opera theaters, among other things in Edinburgh,
Glasgow and London. In the 1945-1951 seasons he performed with the Sadler's
Wells Opera in London in many parts, among other things as Hans in B. Smetana’s
"Verkaufter Braut", Rodolfo in ‘’La Bohème’’, Pinkerton in ‘’Madama
Butterfly’’, Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’, Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria Rusticana’’, Canio
in ‘’Pagliacci’’, Manrico in ‘’Il Trovatore’’, Faust, José in ‘’Carmen’’, Radames
in ‘’Aida’’, and Alfredo in ‘’La Traviata’’. In the 1949-1958 seasons he sang at
Covent Garden in London (debut as Alfredo in ‘’La Traviata’’ opposite Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf). In this opera house he took over on 29. 9. 1949 in the premiere
of the opera ‘’The Olympians’’ by Arthur Bliss in the part of Hector. In 1948
he appeared in the English première of G. Verdi’s ‘’Simon Boccanegra’’ at the
Sadler's Wells Opera as Gabriele Adorno. In 1958 he returned to Belfast and was
active as businessman.
Chronology of some appearances
1945 Dublin Opera
1945-1951 London Sadler's
Wells Opera
1949-1951 London Covent Garden
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