"I like very much the idea of presenting opera in concert form," he said.

One attempt to do so has involved presenting traditional operas in modern dress and settings.

Events of all kinds are presented - movies, concerts, opera, theater and more.

He's presenting operas outside the regular festival summer season, in November (which sell out).

"There we were presenting baseball and here we're presenting opera."

Her own company presents opera in concert version at Carnegie Hall.

And already hopes that the Fenice will again be presenting operas in 1998 are beginning to fade.

It presents opera and ballet as well as symphonic works.

But he also wants to present new operas as well as new productions.

Oxenburg had a strong commitment to presenting operas that were rarely performed.