That opera was inspired by Cherubini's, which may be its greatest contribution to operatic history.

She is to be considered as 'one of the greatest contraltos in operatic history'.

This feat created a sensation and made operatic history.

It was one of the great disasters of operatic history.

The passionate engagement with the phenomenon of the superhuman voice seems to be the great constant in operatic history.

The young and ambitious composer was operating at a hinge in operatic history.

The earlier we look in operatic history, the simpler the answers, for two reasons.

I consider 'Tristan,' especially the second act, one of the climaxes of operatic history.

For much of operatic history, therefore, listeners have not been expected to worry about the sense behind the words.

Despite an almost operatic history of defeats and a long way to go financially, subway groups say they have good reason to be hopeful this time.