Clifford Harvuot as Schaunard Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

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Clifford Harvuot as Schaunard in La Boheme.
Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon
As a winner of the Auditions of the Air, Clifford Harvuot's first appearance on The Met stage came at a Sunday Night Gala on March 15, 1942. He sang the
Prologo
from
PAGLIACCI
. From then until December 21, 1975, the baritone chalked up nearly 1,300 performances with the Company, in New York City and on tour.
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.