Born in
Valdosta, Georgia, Workman studied voice at
Davidson College with Donald Plott before pursuing studies in opera with
Martial Singher at the
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He continued with further training with Singher at the
Music Academy of the West in California. In 1965, he became a resident artist at the
Hamburg State Opera (HSO), making his professional debut that year as the Second Prisoner in
Ludwig van Beethoven's
Fidelio. He remained committed to the HSO through 1972, during which he was a pupil of Hedwig Schilling. He created roles in two world premieres at the HSO, Tony in
Gian Carlo Menotti's
Help, Help, the Globolinks! (1968) and
Prince Henri of Condé in
Krzysztof Penderecki's
The Devils of Loudun (1969). For the former opera, he reprised the role of Tony for the work's United States premiere at the
Santa Fe Opera in 1969. He later returned to Santa Fe in 1987 to perform in
Richard Strauss's
Die schweigsame Frau. In 1971 he recorded the roles of Abramane and La Vengéance in
Jean-Philippe Rameau's
Zoroastre for
Vox Records. In 1972 Workman became a resident artist at
Oper Frankfurt but returned frequently to the HSO as a guest artist. With the Frankfurt Opera he recorded the role of Papageno in Mozart's
The Magic Flute for German television. With that opera house he also performed the role of Ratsuchende in the world premiere of
Hans Zender's
Stephen Climax in 1986. He made his debut at the
Paris Opera in Rossini's
La Cenerentola in 1977 and made his debut at the
Royal Opera, London in 1984. In 1987 he performed the role of Ping in
Giacomo Puccini's
Turandot with the
Pittsburgh Opera for the grand opening of the newly renovated
Benedum Center. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the
Dallas Opera,
Metropolitan Opera,
Opéra national du Rhin,
Staatsoper Stuttgart, and
Vienna State Opera. Workman died in
Horst, Steinburg, Germany. ==References==