Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He kaitohutohu o De Witt Clinton High School, i tīmata ia ki te whakahaere opera i te New York City Opera i te tau 1958 me te whakatakoto i te "Susannah" a Carlisle Floyd. Ko tēnei whakangao i kawea e te kamupene ki te
Brussels World's Fair i taua tau, ko Phyllis Curtin, Norman Treigle me Richard Cassilly nga kaiwhakaari.