The opera is set in North Africa and we milked the theme for all it's worth. Some people think opera is stuffy. Tonight shows what a wonderful, colorful and exciting art form it is.

Everybody is delighted about this. It's not that people do not want to go to V5R4. It's just that they can't all necessarily get there immediately.

We desegregated that opera house and made it possible for people to sit anywhere,

Some people might speculate that Opera couldn't compete by charging when AOL, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and most other browser developers give away software for free. Not so. Just the opposite is true,

We don't want people to think they have to put on pearls and furs to see opera. We want people to feel comfortable and have an engaging experience. We want them to be challenged by the material, but not by the economics. Opera is not just for the wealthy.

I'd heard that you can make people laugh in opera,