21.   Betsy eventually becomes a writer, and her older sister Julia, an opera singer.

22.   Birds are chirping outside on the vine-covered porch, as the music of opera singer Andrea Bocelli wafts through the screened door and kitchen window.

23.   Breathing is even more important for opera singers, who in a sense have a tougher job than dramatic actors.

24.   A dining table is heaped with immigration documents for opera singers, grant applications to federal and state arts agencies, invitations to opera troupes in China.

25.   A decade later, Simplot married his current wife, Esther, who was an opera singer.

26.   A few flat notes mar beauty of story of opera singer.

27.   A free vocal workshop for aspiring opera singers is being sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

28.   A meeting with the Puerto Rican cellist and conductor Pablo Casals led to his pursuing a career as an opera singer.

29.   A ponytailed Brooklyn cabdriver who plays jazz tuba improvised a duet with a Russian opera singer wrapped in a black feather boa.

30.   A so-called crossover effort was inevitable for an opera singer as bankable as Ms. Battle.