Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, born September 10, 1944, in Seaham Harbour, County
Durham, England, is an English operatic baritone. He studied oratorio and Lieder
at the Royal College of Music and made his operatic debut as D'Obigny in La
traviata with the Welsh National Opera in 1969. He made his Metropolitan Opera
debut in 1981 as Papageno. Throughout his career, his operatic roles have
included Guglielmo, Figaro, and Posa. In 2015, he performed as Baron Zeta in The
Merry Widow at the Metropolitan Opera. At the 2025 Gramophone Awards, Allen
received the Lifetime Achievement award. He w...