Opera is a complex art form, involving singers, actors, sets, costume and lighting designers, stage directors, and an orchestra with conductor. With so many moving parts, a lot can go wrong. When a ...

Richard Strauss' "Elektra" opens at McCaw Hall Saturday night with American soprano Janice Baird making her Seattle Opera debut in the title role. In the latest Seattle Opera magazine, Paul Schiavo ...

Ballston Spa – Janice Ann Baird, known to many as mother, passed away peacefully at home on July 1, 2023, surrounded by family after a six plus year battle with kidney cancer. Janice was born on July ...

Janice Baird will sing the role of Isolde in this evening's performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde replacing Deborah Voigt, who is ill. Ms. Baird made her Met debut as Isolde on March 14, ...