Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - He paetahi 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 mahi i kawea e te kamupene ki te Brussels World's Fair
I tērā tau, ko Phyllis Curtin, ko Norman Treigle me Richard Cassilly ngā kaiwhakaari.