 He made 195 appearances with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, during the period 1988-2008.He has sung leading roles at Glyndebourne and with other British opera companies, and has appeared in major opera houses throughout the world.He sings roles in British, German, Italian, French and Russian works (Claggart and Superintendent Budd in Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd" and "Albert Herring", the Priest and Angel of Agony in Edward Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius"; Sarastro in "The Magic Flute", Osmin in "The Abduction from the Seraglio", Rocco in "Fidelio", Seneca in "The Coronation of Poppea", Gurnemanz in "Parsifal", Fasolt in "Das Rheingold"; Don Basilio in "The Barber of Seville", Fiesco in "Simon Boccanegra", Philippe II in "Don Carlos"; Arkel in "Pelléas et Mélisande", Comte des Grieux in "Manon", Narbal in "Les Troyens"; the title-role in "Boris Godunov").