1964
ROS presents the second U.S. performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.
1963
Justino Diaz joins the ROS for a performance of Bloch’s Sacred Service. Later this year he debuts with the Metropolitan Opera as Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto, after winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
1961
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis was performed for the first time.
