Plançon, Paul or Pol (12 June 1854, Fumay; 11 August 1914, Paris), vocalist, studied with Gilbert Duprex and Giovanni Sbriglia in Paris but made his theatrical debut in Lyons in 1877. He performed as a bass in the provincial theatres of France until his debut at the Opéra as Méphisto in Faust on 25 June 1883. M. Plançon remained at the Garnier Palace for nearly a decade, and, as early as the year of his debut, he was cast as Saint-Bris in Les Huguenots, Don Diego in L’Africaine, Oberthal in Le…