CoastLine

CoastLine: Paul Plishka on how he sustained one of the longest singing careers in Met Opera history, playing Falstaff, and coming full circle from buffo to serious and back

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Operatic bass Paul Plishka debuted with the Met in 1967 as the Monk in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda. Fifty seasons later, Plishka had appeared in 1,672 performances of 88 roles, including as Philip (II) in Don Carlo, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and as the title characters of Boris Godunov and Falstaff. In fact, according to The Met, only eight other people have sung more with the company. And this was a guy who used to think opera singers sounded like screeching chickens.
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CoastLineBy Rachel Lewis Hilburn
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