 In 1947, he accepted the invitation to take part in the Italian opera season at the Cambridge Theatre.The venture collapsed, but not before he had distinguished himself as "Don Giovanni" (40 performances), Monterone in "Rigoletto" and Marcello in "La bohème".He then went on to other roles, including Il conte in "The Marriage of Figaro" under Erich Kleiber at the Royal Opera House; he sang in the English Opera Group, the London Opera Club and continental Europe.