1.   And in the meantime he is hoping for a chance to direct opera.

2.   A musicologist, he has with limited success directed operas around the world, but not at Bayreuth.

3.   Gerrit Timmers, who leads the theater group Onafhankelijk Toneel and who was to direct the opera, said the work would probably not be performed at all.

4.   He also directs operas and plays and has completed several feature films.

5.   He probably should be directing opera.

6.   In fact, he had never produced or directed an opera in his life.

7.   One might wonder why they waited so long to direct opera and whether they have future operatic plans.

8.   Since then, she has directed only opera.

9.   Subsequently she directed opera at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden.

10.   To be fair, directing this opera is not easy.