Opera al fresco: How a Seattle singer shares his gift during COVID-19
Promptly at 5:00 one sunny afternoon, veteran Seattle Opera singer Stephen Wall steps out onto his raised front lawn – a grassy impromptu stage – drawing a scattering of applause from scores of people gathered along the tree-lined street below.
Neighbors sitting in lawn chairs, parents pushing strollers, dog-walkers and a couple on a tandem bicycle – all arrange themselves, safely spaced six feet apart, and excitedly await the show in the waterfront community of Ballard.
A seaplane flies by overhead, a dog lets out a single yap, and then all falls silent as the portly, grey-bearded Mr. Wall launches into the Verdi aria “La Donna è Mobile.” For a
