When this year's aspiring opera stars take to the stage of Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts to compete in the Ensemble Studio Competition at the Canadian Opera Company's annual ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calgary Opera's General Director and CEO, Keith Cerny, Ph.D., is delighted to announce distinguished Canadian tenor and broadcaster Ben Heppner, O.C., LL.D., as Honorary Chair of Calgary Opera's new ...

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 ...

“Out of the strong came forth sweetness” — the biblical tag might not be a bad description of what happened in McCaw Hall on Thursday evening. In town to serve as judge and conductor respectively for ...

Born and raised in Dawson Creek, B.C., Heppner has become one the world's pre-eminent dramatic tenors. After winning the CBC Talent Competition back in 1979 and gaining international recognition as a ...

It's been more soap opera than grand opera at the Metropolitan Opera these days where Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is concerned. Since the revival opened its six-performance run on March 10, every ...