Paul Palashka, a powerful boss, who is with a ready smile and a heartbreaking laughter, has died of 1,672 performances in the Metropolitan Opera in 51 years. He was 83 years old.
Palashka died on Monday at a hospital in Williampington, North Carolina, his wife, Sharon Thomas, on Wednesday.
On September 21, 2018, in Pokini’s “La Bohim”, Ponchille’s “La Geo Konda” along with the monk, along with the monk, as a monk, as a monk, spread his career to his meeting. Was given
“He was a beloved character in the matt,” said Peter Gallb, the general manager of the company. I would say, “He is one of the major artists in the history of Matt, and with an interesting arc for his career. For years, working hard in medium -sized characters and small characters and then suddenly becoming a major presence of acting, I can’t think of any other singer who had a career arc. “
Palashka withdrew his debut during the 2012 interview with the Associate Press.
“These were idols. He said, “They were all gods to me.” What I remember is my dress. I remember that under my arms, I was so nervous that sweat was flowing like a hydrant of fire.
He played 88 roles in the mat, and his performance is ninth in the company’s history. While many people were a compressor, who was an auxiliary part around the stars, they cow the roles of the three bosses in Masurugsky’s “Boris Godonov”, the uniformed “Don Carlo” with Philip II and the company. On the 25th anniversary of the title in the title “Flystaf” in the uniform.
“As was ‘Dawn Carlo’, ‘Falletaf’ actually leaves everything in the dust because of the character and the personality of music. For me, it was the top of the hill.” I love what I did in the past years. I say in various jokes that it works to live.
Born on August 28, 1941, Poshaka Old Forge increased in Pennsylvania, and moved to Patterson, New Jersey with his family. When he was 16 years old. He studied at East Side High School and “Oklahoma!” After I performed Jod Fry, he instructed a teacher to the opera by a teacher! Palashka won the music at Montclar State College and stepped into the opera at the Patterson Like Opera Theater.
After singing with Matt’s national touring company, he debuted the performance of 1967. In 1971, he was a nightmare James Levin in Pakistan in Tuska’s “Tuska”.
Palashka said that during these performance exercises in 1971, Baritone Peter Glassep pointed to an inexperienced singer and said sarcastically: “Is this a castestin?” Until 2012, Palashka said that a colleague praised him in rehearsal to make the small character memorable, “Now it’s a sacred!”
“It took only 40 years to grow in this section,” Pashka laughed.
He sang with other companies, especially Milan’s Tetro Allah Scala, London’s Royal Opera and the New York City Opera, and the Grand Inquiry at the “Don Carlo” at the Salzburg Festival of 1988. But the majority of his career was in Matt. He announced his retirement in 2012, but Matt agreed to return for 30 additional performances as a landlord Benoite and Moseta fan Alexoro in “La Bohima” from 2016 to 2018.
Palashka’s first wife, former Judith Kolgan, died in 2004, and he had three sons who had already done it before: Paul Junior, Jeffrey and Nicholai.
Jeffrey was charged in 2009 in Van County, Pennsylvania, in 1991 for the murder of a 24 -year -old camp adviser near the Pokonos Waterfall. The next year was acquitted.
In 1984, Pashika’s 33 -year -old brother, Dr. Peter Palashka, was found dead in his bronchux apartment, which police said he showed himself a knife wound.
Plushka married Met Staff Stage Stage Director Thomas on a one -day occasion at the Opera House in 2005. Thomas said that during his retirement, he became a bird’s eager photographer.
