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Bordens and Sheffields announce retail rise of 1c; attacked by Consumers' Protective Com; agencies ratify price scale
LaGuardia s to exec com; illus
LaGuardia s to exec com on future
U S labor planned to greet Windsors with drive against system
opposition causes Windsors to cancel trip
1937Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (died 2012)[†]
Leo Goeke was an American operatic tenor who had an active international career from the 1960s through the 1980s. He was particularly admired for his portrayal of Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1975 and its subsequent revivals there in 1977, 1978 and 1980. He was also lauded for his portrayal of Gandhi I in Philip Glass’ Satyagraha which he performed in a production staged by Achim Freyer at the Stuttgart Opera in 1983. Other opera companies which he sang leading roles with included the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the Royal Opera, London, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Portland Opera among others.