1.   A vocal teacher suggested he consider studying opera, but he decided to use his rich baritone to pursue a career in country music.

2.   After graduating from the University of Washington, he won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied opera.

3.   Growing up in Rhode Isand, Hartman played six musical instruments, starred in baseball and studied opera.

4.   He began playing piano as a child and studied opera at the Ohio Conservatory of Music.

5.   He studied Western opera, made commercials and sang pop music.

6.   His powerful tenor sounds as if it belongs at the New York City Opera Company, and he did study opera in that city.

7.   Julia Chalfin, who is studying opera, wore a pink tank top with sequins.

8.   McWhorter loves musicals and dinosaurs, has studied opera and watches a great deal of television.

9.   Similarly, Rathbun was trained as a vocalist and studied opera and sang in musicals.

10.   Soon, Ms. Chenoweth began to study opera, deepening and strengthening a voice that was rapidly approaching a four-octave range.