# Raymond Michalski

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{{short description|American operatic bass-baritone (born 1933)}}
'''Raymond Michalski''' (born 8 June 1933) is an American [opera](/source/opera)tic [bass-baritone](/source/bass-baritone).

Michalski was born in [Bayonne, New Jersey](/source/Bayonne%2C_New_Jersey).  He studied voice with [Rosalie Miller](/source/Rosalie_Miller) at the [Mannes School of Music](/source/Mannes_School_of_Music) in New York City before making his professional stage debut in 1959 as Nourabad in [Georges Bizet](/source/Georges_Bizet)'s ''[Les pecheurs de perles](/source/Les_pecheurs_de_perles)'' with the [Philadelphia Grand Opera Company](/source/Philadelphia_Grand_Opera_Company). In 1964 he sang the role of Talbot in the United States premiere of [Gaetano Donizetti](/source/Gaetano_Donizetti)'s ''[Maria Stuarda](/source/Maria_Stuarda)'' in concert form at [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/17/archives/opera-maria-stuarda-concert-group-gives-donizetti-rarity.html|title=Opera: 'Maria Stuarda'; Concert Group Gives Donizetti Rarity|author=[Harold C. Schonberg](/source/Harold_C._Schonberg)|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=November 17, 1964}}</ref> In 1965 he joined the roster of singers at the [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera); making his Met debut on December 29, 1965, as the King in [Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi)'s ''[Aida](/source/Aida)''. Over the next 11 years he gave 301 performances at the Met in a total of 32 roles.<ref>[http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm Metropolitan Opera archives]</ref> The bass died of cancer 24 Dec 1978 in [Elizabeth, New Jersey](/source/Elizabeth%2C_New_Jersey).

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