Opera NewsNews on Opera continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online- July 2, 2008 Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital next month, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/07/bayreuths-wagner-festival-will-offer-opera-online... Heppner trying on Siegfried in Aix-en-Provence- July 1, 2008 When tenor Ben Heppner wanted to try the grueling role of Tristan for the first time back in 1997, he chose a spot that he described as 'off the beaten path.'Those first performances in Seattle were a huge success, and he has gone on to portray the hero of Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde' in opera houses around the world.So when Heppner decided to take on another Wagnerian role notorious for its difficulty _ the title character in 'Siegfried' _ he didn't do it in New York, Vienna or Paris,.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/07/heppner-trying-on-siegfried-in-aix-en-provence?fr... |