Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei rerenga kōrero - I te tau 1953, i eke a Treigle ki te New York City Opera, hei Colline i "La bohème". E toru tau i muri mai, ka tutuki i a ia tana angitu nui tuatahi, hei Reverend Olin Blitch e whakamamaetia ana, i te whakaaturanga tuatahi o New York o "Susannah" a Floyd. Ko tana tīmatanga Pākehā i roto i tēnei opera anō, i te Brussels World's Fair
, i te tau 1958.