Juneau, Alaska has Lyric Opera but there are several singers who are capable of grand opera. I saw La Boheme in a small theatre several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

'Rodolpho', a big man with a marvelous voice, (Bill Garry) was measureably better trained and talented than the other men but he told me that he felt honored to do the play, that he had always wanted to.

And of course, 'Mimi' (Kathleen Wayne) had a gorgeous voice. The music is absorbing. It's strange- I don't like having my buttons pushed but with La Boheme I didn't resist it.

I'm one of the few people in the world who has seen 'Wuthering Heights' as an opera! Written in 1934, it was presented in Portland, Oregon with a stormy night sky canvas backdrop with Heathcliff's tortured face superimposed. I don't remember a single one of the songs - I do know I much preferred the book.