(1940s and 1950s) His stage appearances include: Nikitich in the opera "Boris Godunov", by Modest Mussorgsky (Royal Opera House, London, 1949); Bosun in the opera "Billy Budd", libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier (after the story by Herman Melville ) , music by Benjamin Britten (Royal Opera House, London, 1952); Her Herr von Faninal in the opera "Der Rosenkavalier", words by Hugo von Hofmannsthal , music by Richard Strauss (Royal Opera House, London, 1959)