Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83. Plishka died Monday at a hospice in ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Paul Plishka as the Grand Inquisitor, left, and Sergei Larin as Don Carlo, perform in the opera "Don ...