 His recordings include the Philips recording with Sir Colin Davis of Britten's "Peter Grimes", as Swallow; he may also be heard in a live 1972 recording of Arthur Bliss's "The Olympians", in which he plays Joseph Lavatte.He sang the part of Géronte de Ravoir in "Manon Lescaut" on UK television in 1983.According to Grove, he studied at the training school of La Scala, Milan and joined the Covent Garden Opera company in 1954, singing Monterone in Verdi's Rigoletto, which he was still singing in the 1970s, among 60 roles he undertook with the company.