Born in London and raised in Scotland, he studied both at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and with Hans Hotter in Munich.
Following a successful career as a baritone, he made his debut as a tenor in 1992 singing Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos for Garsington Opera.
He portrayed Marlow in Tarik O'Regan's Heart of Darkness at the Royal Opera House and Gandhi in Philip Glass's Satyagraha for the English National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, in New York City.
He played Peter Grimes in the performance of Britten's opera on Aldeburgh Beach 2013 filmed as Grimes on the Beach.
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