- At the age of 75, he starred in his first Broadway appearance, in "Twelve Dreams" by James Lapine.
- He directed Canadian Opera Company productions including Puccini's "La Boheme" and Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos".
- His repertoire included roles in six languages, including the title role and Bartolo in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"; the title roles in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" and Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle"; Daland in Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman"; and Mephisto in Gounod's "Faust".
- He made his operatic debut in 1940 with the Prague Opera, as Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville".
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