Still, not every match between Hollywood and opera has been an unqualified success.

Mr. Friedkin is not alone in moving between film and opera.

Bridging the distance between opera and the crowd, he believed, was paramount.

Split between opera and dance, the program offered different meanings of the word "gala."

Then choose between a concert or opera across the square.

In the end, for me, it is not a battle between musicals and opera.

In his argument, the connection between homosexuality and opera began within the last 150 years.

The line between light opera and other recent forms is difficult to draw.

Yet there has always been an inspirational alliance between poverty and opera.

"Technically, there is no difference between opera and operetta," she said.