On the fourth of November, in the site journal, Brian W. wrote:

> Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back. One of them dies.

> There. You have now been enlightened by being exposed to every opera ever written.

Rubbish. I can think of at least two operas with different plots without even trying.
Since you probably don't want me showing off by listing lots of opera titles, I'll summarize:
The OAS doesn't take into account 'light opera', which is full of Humorous Misunderstandings and
ends with everybody having a party.


And now, a couple of other opera summaries from famous humorists whose names I've conveniently
forgotten (but possibly Ambrose Bierce and Will Rogers):

"Opera - a dramatic form in which anything too ludicrous to be spoken is sung."

"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of bleeding, he sings."