via The Canadian Press, "Fortuitous timings helped singer", Leader-Post, June 12, 1984. Retrieved October 22, 2011. "He moved to Teaneck, N.J., in 1976 so that he could commute to the Met where he has sung such roles as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Schaunard in Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 production of La Boheme."