American opera is about a whole new set of people.

It's not doing American opera a lot of good, either.

There could not be a more basic way to foster new American opera.

When was the last time an American opera produced such a tune?

American opera has usually made the bad mistake of building on other people's cultures.

She is most known for her work in the early era of the American soap opera.

He was especially noted for his work in contemporary American operas.

"Transformations" was first done in 1973, and it is an American opera that never seems to go away for long.

American soap operas have been running for over six decades.

Until recently, in fact, American operas themselves have largely been ignored.