Voigt leaves `Tristan’ in mid-opera (AP)
By MIKE SILVERMAN, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago
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Already missing tenor Ben Heppner because of a virus, the Metropolitan Opera lost Deborah Voigt in the middle of the second act Friday night because of a stomach ailment.
Heppner withdrew from the first four performances of the highly anticipated six-performance run and was replaced by John Mac Master in Monday’s opener and by Gary Lehman on Friday.
Voigt sang the opener but didn’t sound at her best Friday and had trouble with the high notes during the first act. Her stomach didn’t feel quite right during the entire act, spokesman Albert Imperato said, but she tried to make it through.
She hurried offstage near the beginning of the second-act love duet, and music director James Levine kept conducting. Then the curtain came down, Lehman started singing and the orchestra stopped.
An announcement was made that Voigt suddenly had taken ill, and Janice Baird came on and replaced her about 15 minutes later. Baird and Lehman received enthusiastic applause at the end of the act.
Mac Master received mostly negative reviews following Monday’s opener of the revival. Lehman made his Met debut Friday, and the Tristan for the next two performances is listed as TBA, including the March 22 matinee that is to be telecast to theaters worldwide.
Heppner and Voigt, two of the world’s most acclaimed Wagnerian singers, were to be performing “Tristan” together for the first time.
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