11.   Offstage, the founder of the group, FRED SCHNEIDER, has emerged as an opera lover.

12.   Opera lovers, however, are incensed by what they see as yet another insult to an under-appreciated art form.

13.   Opera lovers are outraged.

14.   Opera lovers, certainly those who missed it, but also those who heard it and were disappointed, should take this opportunity to experience it again.

15.   Opera lovers frequently balk at both.

16.   Opera lovers want to be touched.

17.   Opera lovers who learned the art from their parents or in local theater groups take their turns at the microphone.

18.   She is an opera lover, she said, and draws inspiration from Maria Callas.

19.   These opera lovers have done a wonderful thing.

20.   There is some justice in both counts, as many opera lovers can attest.