He was the tenor soloist in Toscanini's only studio recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, made in 1952.
He sang in several of conductor Arturo Toscanini's broadcast performances of operas on NBC - "Fidelio", "La Boheme", "La Traviata", and "Un Ballo en Maschera". All were eventually released on LP, and later remastered and released on CD.
Made his Broadway debut as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" in late 1971, playing the part for the last few months of the play's eight-year run. In his 70s, he toured in the same role.
(November 10, 1976) Guested on the daytime news program "Midday".