Word: plishka
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accounted for the Met's reluctance to take him on? Questions of casting and contracts fascinate and frustrate opera fans, who are usually well aware of hot new reputations in Europe. One reason may be that the company already had two fine American basses in James Morris and Paul Plishka; another is that Artistic Director James Levine tends to favor his own discoveries. There was also the perceived stigma of the City Opera; the two companies may be geographical neighbors, but they are artistic strangers. "There were lots of theories," notes Ramey. "One of them was that I was such...
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