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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By William Grimes / The Bulletin
September 18, 2008
On the opera stage, barrel-chested bassos and sylph-like sopranos have one thing in common: big hair. Up top, just above the source of the ringing notes, sits a lacquered, powdered, teased or pouffed wig, styled within an inch of its life and holding on for dear life as turbulent events....