31.   Every major opera company, even most regional companies are using it, even in Europe.

32.   Every opera company scours the repertory of the past for stageworthy works.

33.   Every February and March its opera company stages four productions, and it does not confine itself to warhorses.

34.   Frequently conducts at the great opera companies and symphonies of the world, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Vienna State Opera.

35.   For years Estes has sternly criticized opera companies that resisted allowing black artists to sing any roles they were vocally suited for.

36.   General managers of opera companies tend to be tough-skinned types who know how to calm fiery divas and placate high-strung tenors.

37.   Gone are government-sponsored performances by symphony orchestras and by giant opera companies that once entranced audiences abroad.

38.   He also worked with opera companies and often created lighting and costumes, as well as sets.

39.   He will also remain much in demand as a guest conductor with top orchestras and opera companies around the world.

40.   His father wrote scenarios and directed and acted in an opera company in the Xian opera style, an older tradition than the Beijing opera.