Acclaimed Canadian tenor Ben Heppner was back in fine form Tuesday night, returning to the stage to star in Peter Grimes after having withdrawn from the opera's opening night performance in Toronto on ...

2 Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEW ROUNDUP 2 at Toronto Fringe Mr. Heppner's recitation of the poem and Mr. Vnukowski's nuanced performance kept the audience in a state of suspense throughout ...

1 FIRST MÉTIS MAN OF ODESA Will Come to Theatre Calgary in September "Calgary Opera is deeply privileged to have Mr. Heppner serve as Honorary Chair of our Legacy Society", said Keith Cerny. "Mr.

In opera, the passing of the torch from one great singer to another is rarely as clear-cut as we like In opera, the passing of the torch from one great singer to another is rarely as clear-cut as we ...

Born in British Columbia, tenor Ben Heppner has made impressive appearances at the Royal Opera House in recent years in Peter Grimes and Otello. Now he’s back as Calaf in Puccini’s Turandot, and I ...

Opera singers endure merciless scrutiny. Their every onstage phrase and movement are parsed with Talmudic rigor — a situation the Internet has only intensified. Their body weight and emotional health ...

of Wagner's "Ring" Cycle because he "has retired the role from his repertory," according to a Met spokesman. The Los Angeles Times' blog has the story. Heppner, 55, was to sing the role of Siegfried ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Opera singer Ben Heppner is stepping away from the stage, the world-renowned dramatic tenor has ...

Tenor Ben Heppner has withdrawn from the remaining performances of the San Diego Opera’s production of “Moby-Dick” due to illness, the company announced Sunday. Heppner will be replaced in the role of ...

Ben Heppner, center stage, in Act Two of Verdi’s Otello. Photo Credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Neither the Metropolitan Opera nor the New York Philharmonic likes to take chances on opening night ...