In any event, the old opera was not rebuilt.

He regarded the opera as over long and old fashioned.

But it will be necessary to find ways to perform old operas so as to make them "relevant" for young audiences today.

In older but less well-known operas, the Met is also more adventurous.

What they know is that a beloved old French opera was performed and someone wrote something bad about it.

He is convinced that there is an audience ready to hear neglected older operas and stage worthy 20th-century works.

This kind of melodic doubling often occurred in old operas, as if the composer felt the voice needed support.

In older operas the music was mostly recitative and arias.

All the threats that face new productions of old operas are repeated here.

But there was certainly a lot of emotion-purging and carrying on in those old operas.