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Young, aspiring opera singers from around the country will soon have a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Columbia. The competition is the world's most ...

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Known for his liquid bass tones and flawless diction, he appeared in 88 roles, many of them comic, over 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera.

The ​National Football League and ​Major League Baseball both drafted PhronesisDC to lobby on issues related to tax policy as Republicans prepare to pass a follow up to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Plishka married Thomas, a Met staff stage director, on an off day at the opera house in 2005. Thomas said that in retirement he became an avid photographer of birds.

The Live from the MET in HD series continues with the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Aida” at noon and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Lark Theater at 549 Magnolia Ave. in Larkspur.

4, 1998. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) 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 ...

FILE - Paul Plishka as the Grand Inquisitor, left, and Sergei Larin as Don Carlo, perform in the opera "Don Carlo" by Giuseppe Verdi during a rehearsal at the Salzburg Festival’s Grosses ...

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Jan. 16 performance of “Rigoletto.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto,’ the role of the Duke of Mantua will ...

The company said that Harold Wilson will sing The King in the remaining January performances of Verdi’s “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera. Morris Robinson will take over the remaining performances of ...