"[He] appeared in the children's chorus for the 1926 American premiere of Puccini's uncompleted Turandot, conducted his own ending to the work some nine decades later, and in between had one of the longest careers as a maestro in modern times" " including founding a company (Opera Tampa) and conducting the premieres of several noted […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM on March 10, 2020