21.   Unlike every other great opera composer the world has embraced, Handel categorically refuses to be understood in terms of dramatic theories that go back to the Greeks.

22.   When Heinichen died, Zelenka was passed over as Kapellmeister in favor of the popular Italianate opera composer Johann Adolf Hasse.

23.   Opera composers often write such parts for mezzo-sopranos.

24.   Spanish tenor Placido Domingo said he dreams of starring in a film about Italian opera composer Giacamo Puccini.

25.   Spanish tenor Placido Domingo said he dreams of starring in a film about Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini.