Mar 28th, 2008 · The Metropolitan Opera's production of Tristan und Isolde has endured horrible luck since it opened earlier this month. But for understudy Janice Baird, the mishaps meant her Met debut, taking on the lead role in mid-performance.
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Dec 31st, 2004 · NPR's Robert Siegel spends a year with Maria Jooste as she tries to launch an opera career. It's a year of acting classes, singing lessons, understudy appearances and an unexpected stage debut. It's also a year of setbacks, and the realization that a stellar voice may not guarantee stardom.
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