Paul Plishka

Paul Plishka (born August 28, 1941) is a Ukrainian-American bass opera singer. Mr Plishka comes from Old Forge, Pennsylvania and Paterson, New Jersey; his parents were American-born children of Ukrainian immigrants. He studied at Montclair State College and with Armen Boyajian (also the pedagogue of Marisa Galvany and fellow basso Samuel Ramey), and made his operatic debut with the Paterson Lyric Opera, in 1961. Plishka made his formal debut with... more

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