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. He has appeared as Pistol Falstaff (Garsington)‚ Doctor Vanessa by Samuel Barber (Lyric Hammersmith)‚ High Priest of Baal Nabucco‚ and the title roles in The Mikado and Don Pasquale (ENO)‚ Jakovlevich The Nose and La Cuisinière L’Amour des Trois Oranges  (Netherlands Opera)‚ The Commander From the House of the Dead (Opéra du Rhin‚ Strasbourg)‚ Aga A Greek Passion by Martinu (Bregenz Festival‚ ROH and in Brno)‚ Abbot Curlew River (Trento and Pisa)‚ Kommandant From the House of the Dead (Palermo)‚ Mikado (La Fenice‚ Venice and Reisopera)‚ Angelotti‚ The Bonze and King Aida (Raymond Gubbay/ Royal Albert Hall)‚ Old Arab/Sailor/Nightwatchman Julietta (Opera North‚ Ravenna and Prague)‚ Parson The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera North and Barcelona)‚ Swallow Peter Grimes (Opera North and Zurich)‚ Drebyednyetsov Cheryomushki (Opera North and Bregenz)‚ Water Sprite Rusalka‚ Basilio Barber of Seville‚ Waldner Arabella‚ Cook Love for Three Oranges‚ Tree/Armchair L’enfant et les Sortilleges and Old Adam Ruddigore (Opera North)‚ Pooh-Bah Mikado and Private Willis Iolanthe (Grange Park Opera) and Count Luisa Miller and Dikoj Kat’a Kabanova (Opera Holland Park).    

Further roles include Don Alfonso Cosi fan tutte‚ Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail‚ Bartolo Figaro Sarastro/Speaker Zauberflöte‚ König Marke Tristan‚ Daland Flying Dutchman‚ König Heinrich Lohengrin‚ Ochs Der Rosenkavalier‚ Pimen Boris Godunov‚ Doctor Wozzeck‚ Kecal The Bartered Bride‚ Mephistopheles Faust‚ Jupiter Orpheus and Arkel Pélleas et Mélisande.