In “The Magic Flute” in 1976, he was “an elegant Tamino who sang the role in style and with a free, easy, virile sound,” Harriet Johnson wrote in The New York Post.

The lyrics read: "When I lost proof, I couldn't explain how, that devil came down. Then in one fell, he swooped, look at how foul he's stooped. Had to throw in that towel, regroup, like Sean O'Malley.