Versatile, boyishly good-looking (in his younger days) tenor, who came from Broadway to spend fourteen seasons with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning with the title role in Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes" in 1948. Other frequent roles with the company included Alfred in Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus," Tamino in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Grigori on Mussorgsky's "Boris Gudanov," and the title role in Wagner's "Lohengrin.".