 At Covent Garden he played the Major-Domo to the Marschallin in the 2000 run of "Der Rosenkavalier" under Thielemann, Michelis in the 2000 run of "The Greek Passion" under Mackerras, Flavio in "Norma", Maintop in "Billy Budd" and a Shepherd in "Tristan und Isolde" in 2000, Roderigo in "Otello", Gastone in "La Traviata" and Third Esquire in "Parsifal" in 2001, Malcolm in "Macbeth" in 2002, and Arturo in "Lucia di Lammermoor" in 2003.Elsewhere in Britain he sang at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Rodrigo in Verdi's "Otello" and Nemorino in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore").His Don José for the Glyndebourne tour in 2002 was described as "beautifully sung, deeply troubled".