1959
The ROS joins the RPO under the baton of Pierre Monteux for a performance of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suites.
1956
William Warfield and the ROS bring over 10,000 audience members to the War Memorial for Handel’s Messiah.
1955
ROS singers are among 700 musicians from four choruses and a large orchestra, celebrating the re-opening of the Eastman Theatre with a production of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand.
1954
The Berlioz Requiem is presented to sell-out crowds of 3,000 at Eastman Theatre; the performance is recorded by Columbia Records.
1952
ROS presents Christmas Story by Peter Mennin, later the president of the Juilliard School of Music.
1950
William Warfield performs with the ROS in Mendelssohn’s Elijah – a role he performed with ROS on many occasions.
