Richard Angas studied in London and Vienna. He worked for many years in Germany and at English National Opera where he was a company principal for fifteen years. Roles included Don Alfonso, Osmin, Bartolo, Sarastro/Speaker‚ König Marke‚ Daland‚ König Heinrich‚ Ochs‚ Pimen, Doctor (Wozzeck)‚ Kecal‚ Mephistopheles‚ Jupiter (Orpheus)‚ and Arkel. More recently he has been seen as Pistol (Garsington)‚ Angelotti and The Bonze (Royal Albert Hall/Gubbay)‚ Doctor (Vanessa) (Lyric Hammersmith)‚ title roles in The Mikado and Don Pasquale (ENO)‚ Jakovlevich The Nose (Netherlands Opera)‚ The Commander From the House of the Dead (Opéra du Rhin) and Aga A Greek Passion (Bregenz Festival and ROH). Recent and future plans include Swallow (Opera North and Zurich)‚ Drebyednyetsov Cheryomushki (Opera North and Bregenz)‚ Basilio‚ Waldner Arabella‚ Cook Love for Three Oranges‚ Tree/Armchair L'enfant et les Sortilleges, Old Adam Ruddigore and Water Sprite Rusalka (Opera North)‚ Pooh-Bah and Private Willis (Grange Park Opera), Count Luisa Miller and Dikoj Kat'a Kabanova (Opera Holland Park), Mikado (ENO)‚ and roles in The Passenger and The Portrait at Bregenz.