Jun 29, 2008
Heppner trying on Siegfried in Aix-en-Provence
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, but at the annual summer festival in this town in southern France.
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