Michael Langdon

Michael Langdon CBE (born Frank Birtles; 12 November 1920 – 12 March 1991) was a British bass opera singer. Despite little musical training, he joined the chorus of the Covent Garden Opera Company after the Second World War, graduating to minor and then major solo roles. Covent Garden remained his base throughout his career, but he sang as a guest in opera houses in Continental Europe and the Amer… More