 Macurdy also appeared at the Paris Opéra (Arkel in "Pelléas et Mélisande", 1973), Teatro alla Scala (Rocco in "Fidelio", 1974; Hermann in "Tannhäuser", with Dunja Vejzovic as Venus, 1984), Teatro Colón, and Salzburg Festival.In 1978, he portrayed the Commendatore in Joseph Losey's famous film of "Don Giovanni", with Ruggero Raimondi, Edda Moser, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, and Teresa Berganza, conducted by Lorin Maazel.Macurdy's father worked for a tool and die company.