Born

Married Henrietta Outerbridge

Joined London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden company

Debuted as Siegmund in Die Walk�re

Tenor in recording of Handel's Messiah

San Francisco debut as Radames

Debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Canio in Pagliacci

Made a Companion of the Order of Canada

Retired
made his first recording as a reciter, in Enoch Arden