Mclntyre, Donald (1934– )

English bass-baritone. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and sang Zaccaria with the Welsh National Opera in 1959. In the early 1960s he appeared at Sadler's Wells, London, as Attila and the Dutchman. In 1967 he made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, as Pizarro; other roles there included Balstrode, Orestes, Kurwenal, Klingsor, Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande, and Barak in the first production of Die Frau ohne Schatten by a British company. The same year he sang Telramund at Bayreuth, returning there as Wotan in 1973 and for the 1976 Boulez-Chéreau centenary production of the Ring. He has performed the role of Wotan at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York (1975). He sang Prospero in the UK first performance of Berio's Un re in ascolto (1989). Other roles have included Hans Sachs (1993) and Amfortas (at Bayreuth). He was knighted in 1992.