Background

ALLEN, Thomas was born on September 10, 1944 in Seaham, Company Durham. Son of Thomas Boaz and Florence Allen.

Education

Student, Royal College Music, London. Degree (honorary), Random Access Memory, 1988. Master of Arts (honorary), University Newcastle, 1984.

Doctor of Music (honorary), University Durham, 1988.

Career

Principal baritone Welsh National Opera, 1969-1972, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1972-1978, Glyndebourne Opera, 1973.

Works

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  • Le Nozze Di Figaro: libretto, ed. 2359

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  • Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) ; Opera in Four Acts - Libretto (Metropolitan Opera)
  • By Ruth and Thomas Martin - Cosi Fan Tutte: Vocal Score, in Italian and English: (Sheet Music)

• Other Work

  • Principal roles in Die Zauberflöte, 1973, Le Nozze di Figaro, 1974, Cosi fan Tutte, 1975, Don Giovanni, 1977, The Cunning Little Vixen, 1977, Simon Boccanagra, Billy Budd, La Bohème, L'Elisir d'Amore, Faust, Albert Herring, Die Fledermaus, La Traviata, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Beckmesser. Author: Foreign Parts: A Singer's Journal, 1993.

Interests

• Golf, gardening, sailing, ornithology, walking.

Connections

Married 1st Margaret Holley in 1968 (divorced in 1986). Married 2nd Jeannie Gordon Lascelles in 1988.