1.   Alas, even the most well-meaning opera buffs have an unfortunate habit of making their favorite indoor sport sound impossibly complicated.

2.   Steve Holden and Wendy relaxed in what was a quieter atmosphere after being assaulted by an irate opera buff in the row behind for talking during the performance.

3.   Amateur opera buffs can study with master teachers.

4.   An opera buff, Fodor said he left Boston to come to New York so he could live near Lincoln Center.

5.   An engineer who has become a wizard in the art of finance, Browne is an opera buff.

6.   And opera buffs tend to be a strong-minded bunch when it comes to the unsullied purity of the human voice.

7.   Beware of opera buffs offering directions.

8.   A fig tree may be an opera buff instead of a Braves fan.

9.   After all, opera buffs are passionate sorts, prone to fleeting enthusiasms as well as die-hard devotions.

10.   But not all of its denizens are opera buffs.