To
the right as Schaunard in
La
Bohème at Opéra de Nantes.
The beard is a fabulous make-up job as I started act I very dapper and clean shaven but finished the opera as the drunken love-sick (for Mimi) wreck that you see
To the left is me as Marchese d'Obigny
looking rather cross in Welsh National Opera's
production of La Traviata
The lovely Georgian Richmond Theatre was the venue for this Barber of Seville. I love singing Figaro, especially when my Rosina is the wonderful Sandra Ford as here, and yes, I can and do play the guitar--in the show. Accompanying the Count in the Serenade is always a highlight for me.