After stumbling in recital in Toronto last week, Ben Heppner recovers in Vancouver, writes William Littler. “Whether he is correct in his vocal diagnosis — that he has been suffering from sheer fatigue, rather than something more serious — remains to be determined through the course of future performances. In the meantime, Canada’s most important voice on the world’s operatic stage appears to be on the mend and the relaxed way in which Ben Heppner bantered with his Vancouver listeners and signed post-concert autographs for a lobby full of them, suggests that its owner, at least, isn’t greatly worried.”