A rendezvous at the opera.

Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language.

He's gone to the opera. To the opera?

Also opera.

The opera warehouse. I think it is very impressive.

Opening at the opera. Riding to hounds.

The opera starts at seven.

Imagine running into you at the opera.

I heard it in the opera tonight.

At the enemy stronghold!

Go to the opera.

What was the opera?

Yeah, at the opera, right in the front box.

Yes, by the opera house.

My car's near the Opera.

Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day.

We care what happens in that opera.

We're the ones writing this opera.

And well, that was an opera experience.

Would you bring me the program of the opera?

Or we'll go to an opera.

Friends of Italian Opera that's us.

I heard you operalovers were meeting'.

Thank you, fellow operalovers.

His opera's been accepted at Covent Garden.

And it's a big opera, one of the larger opera projects going on in the world right now.

So instead of being grand opera, this opera will turn into what we're thinking of as personal opera.

It's from the new operetta at the Gaiety.

Tell me about the opera... was it exciting?

Monsieur Boudin, le directeur général de l'opéra.

What are they playing tonight at the opera?

It's not from an opera, is it?

Before going to the opera that night,

'I am at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

At the height of the most prosperous season in the Opera's history, the management suddenly resign.

Wednesday evening, Carlotta is ill and Christine takes her place in the opera.

In the blink of an eye she gave up on all her true talents the opera, fame...

Then perhaps you'll join me later at the opera. My sister's box number is 27.

As they leave, they tell the new managers of the Opera Ghost, a phantom who asks for opera box 5, among other things.

I will show you this next thing, speaking of costumes for operas.

Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw yes!

Anyone that knows you, I should say. My butcher and his wife were at the concert.

Did you go to the opera this season?

Every object in the opera comes alive and is a gigantic music instrument,

Opera is not just about directorial intentions.