Birth Date:
August 9, 1919
Birth Location:
Oakland, California
Death Date:
June 1969
Death Location:
Geneva, Switzerland
Cause of Death:
Drowning, believed to have been suicide.
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Die Fledermaus
Metropolitan Opera Production; 1951
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Die Fledermaus
Metropolitan Opera Tour; 1951
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Die Fledermaus
Metropolitan Opera Production; 1950
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Street Scene
Hollywood Bowl Concert; 1949
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Street Scene
Original Broadway Production; 1947
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Show Boat
Broadway Revival; 1946
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Street Scene
Hollywood Bowl Cast; 1949
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Street Scene
Original Broadway Cast Members; 1947
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Die Fledermaus
Metropolitan Opera Revival Cast; 1951
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Sang at the Metropolitan Opera more than 160 times between 1948, when he made his debut in the title role of Peter Grimes, and 1961, when he gave his final performance there as Admète in Gluck's Alceste. His roles at the Met included Tamino in The Magic Flute, Lohengrin, Grigory in Boris Godunov, Parsifal, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Matteo in Arabella, Rodolfo in La Bohème, and both Eisenstein and Alfred in Die Fledermaus.
Birth Date:
August 9, 1919
Birth Location:
Oakland, California
Death Date:
June 1969
Death Location:
Geneva, Switzerland
Cause of Death:
Drowning, believed to have been suicide.
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