The Golden Cockerel
His Vienna State Opera debut in 1964 was "The Gambler", in a production from Belgrade, followed over the years by "Don Quichotte" (Massenet), "The Miraculous Mandarin" (Bartók), "Tannhäuser" with Gottlob Frick, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Waechter, Christa Ludwig and Gundula Janowitz, "Carmen", "La traviata", "Aida", "The Flying Dutchman", "Rigoletto", "Madama Butterfly" and "Otello". For the Verdi Theatre in Trieste he conducted "Boris Godunov", "The Golden Cockerel" and "Countess Maritza".