Alex Ross previews his upcoming New Yorker piece Tristan and Two Isoldes. Janice Baird who had to unexpectedly fill in for a falling ill Deborah Voigt will be singing the part of Brunnhilde next summer, right here in Seattle.
(At left: Janice Baird as Salome. Is that Ben Heppner’s head? Nope, just John the Baptist’s)