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February 6: Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83.

Plishka died on Monday (Tuesday in Australia) at a hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina, his wife, Sharon Thomas, said on Wednesday (overnight in Australia).

His Met career spanned generations, from a debut as the Monk alongside Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes and Rosalind Elias in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda on September 21, 1967, to his final appearance in Puccini’s La Bohème on March 10, 2018.

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