Person Open DS/UK/10423 Allen; Sir; Thomas Boaz (10 September 1944); CBE; English operatic baritone singer Allen Thomas Boaz Sir 10 September 1944 English operatic baritone singer Male (cisgender) Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England (born)

English Musician; Singer, baritone, opera White No known disability No known religious affiliation Spouse of Jeannie Lascelles (South African model) Former spouse of Margaret Holley Heterosexual Sir Thomas Boaz Allen CBE is an English operatic baritone. Allen's initial ambition was to be a doctor but this was later abandoned when he won a place at the Royal College of Music in 1964, where he studied with Hervey Alan for four years, specialising in oratorio and Lieder until 1968. In his final term he made his operatic stage debut as the baritone lead in the Royal College of Music Opera School production of Arthur Benjamin's opera Prima Donna. In 1969, he made his debut as D'Obigny in Verdi's La traviata with the Welsh National Opera (WNO). His early roles with the WNO also included Mozart's Almaviva, Guglielmo and Papageno, Rossini's Figaro, Falke in Die Fledermaus, Billy Budd, Posa, Eugene Onegin and Germont. In 1971, he made his Covent Garden debut as Donald in Billy Budd and he joined the company the following year. His solo Glyndebourne Festival debut was as Papageno in 1973. On 7 August 1974, during his BBC Proms performance, Allen collapsed at the end of his second solo, tried to recover for his third but collapsed again and was taken from the stage (he was replaced by Patrick McCarthy). He returned as Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1974), Guglielmo (1975) and Don Giovanni (1977) and it was during this time that he was hailed by one music critic as the finest English baritone since Sir Charles Santley. Awards, Honours and Legacy: In 1989, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1999, he was knighted. Both awards were for his services to opera. In 1998 he was named a member of the Royal Opera's Opera Advisory Board, the first time a singer had been given such an appointment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Allen_(baritone) (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 12/18/2013 RAHAKirkbride 10/4/2022 f37b79f1-a4fb-4fbe-abc9-dfa162dbd813