 However, Allin did sing the Handel aria "O ruddier than the cherry", from "Acis and Galatea", at a Promenade Concert for Wood during the war.Sir Thomas Beecham auditioned him and at once offered him the title role in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov", but Allin felt a less challenging debut was needed.So, his first appearance for Beecham was as the Old Hebrew in "Samson et Dalila" on 15 October 1916.