NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Merrill, the Metropolitan Opera star who was known as much for singing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium as he was for roles such as Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," was ...

NEW YORK -- Robert Merrill, the Metropolitan Opera star who was known as much for singing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium as he was for roles such as Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," was ...

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Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable at opening night in the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 85. Merrill died on ...

Yesterday’s memorial service for Robert Merrill, the great baritone who sang at the Metropolitan Opera for more than 30 years, started in a way one might suspect he would have liked: with his recorded ...

2004-10-26 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Robert Merrill, whose smooth, powerful baritone voice and vigorous interpretations helped make him a favorite singer at the Metropolitan Opera for 30 years, died at ...

Every year, when the Kennedy Center Honors are announced, arts reporters receive outraged letters from readers who simply cannot fathom the thinking that went into the selection process. The list of ...

Robert Merrill, a singer with New York City’s Metropolitan Opera who died Saturday at 87, paved the way for Jewish opera singers, The Washington Post said. Until the mid-20th century, subscriptions to ...