He sang there with established operatic stars such as Mariano Stabile and Margherita Grandi.

Instead of working with a group of singers who worked together as a team, the operas at the Metropolitan Opera were sung by great operatic stars.

Not an operatic star, but a true diva, Ms. Feldshuh's Maria rivals her stage husband's artistic temperamental fits with her own ferociously jealous ones.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that this was "the first invasion of those countries by an American operatic star in repertoire performances".

"I believe," he said slowly, "I believe that some day we shall know Allison Hoover as an operatic star!"

He comprises more of the dancers, actors, operatic stars and general entertainers than any other two types combined.

He was an atypical operatic star, his admirers recalled.

The operatic stars in Korean food are the almost shockingly forthright notes of sweet and spicy.

The mark of an operatic star, Ms. Sampson said, is the ability to inspire gasps in large opera houses.

Although her operatic star has long since dimmed, her namesake dishes still receive bravos.