An ailing Ben Heppner was replaced by fellow Canadian John Mac Master on the Mar. 10 opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's Tristan und Isolde, opposite soprano Deborah Voigt.AN AILING BEN HEPPNER For the politician of the same name, see . Ben Heppner, OC (born January 14, 1956) is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and classical symphonic works for voice. Heppner was born in Murrayville, British Columbia, and lived in Dawson Creek. WAS REPLACED BY fellow Canadian John Mac Master on the Mar. 10 opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's Tristan und Isolde Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. , opposite soprano Deborah Voigt Deborah Voigt (born August 4, 1960) is an American opera singer. She is most famous for her interpretations of the Strauss and Wagner roles, including Isolde, Sieglinde, Elsa, Elisabeth, Senta, Ariadne, Chrysothemis, the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten . Heppner suffered from a serious blood borne infection that was misdiagnosed in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , causing him to miss four performances, including the much-anticipated satellite telecast to movie theatres around the world. Heppner subsequently received treatment in Toronto and recovered in time to return to the Met for the final two performances of the run.Voigt, however, was absent for one and a half performances, with the result that she and Heppner only sang together once at the end of the run. Heppner is scheduled to sing his first-ever Siegfried at Aix-en-Provence in July, to be repeated at Salzburg in April '09. |
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