Robert Edward Joseph Allman[1] AM OBE (8 June 1927 – 4 December 2013) was an Australian operatic bass-baritone.
[2] In 1965, he sang with the Sutherland-Williamson Opera Company on its tour of Australia, alongside Joan Sutherland herself, Luciano Pavarotti, Lauris Elms, Margreta Elkins and others.
[4] His repertoire included the core bass-baritone roles of Rigoletto, Gianni Schicchi, Macbeth, The Flying Dutchman and Simon Boccanegra.
He also sang as Don Fernando and Pizarro in Fidelio, Rangoni in Boris Godunov, Valentin in Faust, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Donner in Das Rheingold, Telramund in Lohengrin, Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the four villain roles in The Tales of Hoffmann, Anckarstroem in Un ballo in maschera, Amonasro in Aida, Iago in Otello, Germont in La traviata, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Tonio in Pagliacci, Marcello in La bohème and Scarpia in Tosca.
[2] His recordings include a complete Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti), with Sutherland and Elkins, conducted by Richard Bonynge,[5] as well as Fidelio and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.