# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-plishka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:07:45.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-plishka"
name: "Paul Plishka"
slug: "paul-plishka"
description: "Paul Plishka was an American operatic bass based at the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York City where he appeared first in 1967 and last in 2018, in 88 roles and 1672 performances. He also sang at leading houses internationally, a regular guest at La Scala in Milan and touring with the ensemble to Tokyo and Moscow. His voice was described as dark, rich, powerful and expressive. After years of small roles he performed leading roles, developing in Verdi's Don Carlos from a Monk to the Grand Inquisitor at the 1998 Salzburg Festival and Philip II of Spain. He chose the title role of Verdi's Falstaff for his 25th anniversary at the Met."
tagline: "American operatic bass (1941–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Paul_Plishka_%281a%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-08-28"
deathDate: "2025-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.47879866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687336/"
    handle:    "nm0687336"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "پل پلیشکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Plishka"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Плишка, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Пол Плішка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9ca44d9b-a741-44df-819c-ce1ae83840ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/479470"
    title: "Paul Plishka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump