The new opera inspired by Sparkie is based on Michael Nyman's 1977 piece Pretty Talk.

During 2007-8, a mini-festival of operas inspired by William Shakespeare was presented by Opera North.

Will the premiere of his first opera, inspired by a bizarre real-life crime hatched in an internet chat room, change their minds?

"The Night Banquet" is a contemporary opera inspired by a venerated 10th-century inked-and-painted scroll.

"The Ride of the Valkyries" is a tribute to Richard Wagner and to his operas inspired by northern mythology.

Abele is an Italian opera inspired on the first Bible's chapters by Vittorio Alfieri which he described as a tragedy.

The train was named after Wagner's opera inspired by the legendary knight Percival.

The opera, inspired by Wagner and psychoanalysis, makes extensive use of sonorism.

The opera, inspired by the tale Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, focuses on three youngsters who confront a drug dealer in their community garden.