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 ...

NEW YORK - Robert Merrill, the acclaimed opera baritone who felt equally comfortable on opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. Merrill died Saturday ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Merrill, 87, the baritone who gave his booming voice to major roles at the Metropolitan Opera for more than 30 seasons while winning nationwide popularity on radio and television and at ...

NEW YORK -- Robert Merrill, whose powerful baritone voice was featured for decades at both New York's Metropolitan Opera and Yankees baseball games, and who helped spread an appreciation of opera to a ...