John Alexander Gounod's Faust Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

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John Alexander Gounod's Faust
John Alexander
(October 21, 1923 – December 8, 1990) was
an American operatic tenor
who had a substantial career during the 1950s through the 1980s. He had a longstanding relationship with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, singing with that company every year between 1961 and 1987 for a total of 379 performances.
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.