“As a trained opera, oratorio and concert singer with a rich bass-baritone voice, he performed challenging roles as Scarpia, Amonasro, Papageno, Schicchi, Figaro, and Elijah, oratories of Bach and Handel, and Amahl and the Night Visitors at Alice Tully Hall. He also sang in important premier performances of Moses and Aaron and The Enchanted Pear with the Boston Opera, the Bel Canto Opera, Opera Buffa Company, and New York Lyric Opera.” As a narrator, “he was most known for his performance in Honegger’s King David that he narrated in major venues; he performed it at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue for over 25 years.”

-J. Taylor Basker, WestView News, June 3, 2020
Photo: Maggie Berkvist