He played Escamillo in Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy, and Prosper Merime's opera, "Carmen," at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois with Bruna Castagna (Carmen); Kurt Baum (Don Jose); Licia Albanese (Micaela); Michael Signorelli (Bermandado); Giuseppe Cavadore (Daneaire); Algerd Brazis (Morales); Reinhold Schmidt (Zuniga); Janet Fairbank (Frasquita); Herman Tappo (chorus) and Elizabeth Brown (Mercedes) in the cast. Ballet with Ruth Page and Walter Camryn. Paul Breisach was conductor. Louis Raybaut was stage director. Fortune Gallo and Henry Zelzer were producers.
