An opera singer is out of work after a routine surgery left her unable to sing without farting.

Alarming news for music lovers: the New York City Opera, which has performed in the city for generations, will have to cancel the rest of its season and all of next year's season if it doesn't raise $20 million soon. A tragedy, for the arts. Still, no one should give the opera $20 million.

Last night on Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions, a giddy Alex Trebek dressed up in Metropolitan Opera costumes for a trippy category on "Operatic Costumes." Now that we have seen America's most robotic game show host vamping in a Le Comte Ory nun costume, are we ready for the gender-bending Rapture? [Jeopardy, …

Sure, the life of Anna Nicole Smith is tragic, but did you ever think that it was opera worthy? Well, one composer did and, turns out, it's a hit.

If you thought mellifluous tones and metal didn't mix, you were right. But that doesn't stop Van Canto from trying. Here's their video for "Wishmaster." Click through to see a band rock "didelee-didelee-didelee" with straight faces. Rock on.

Check out this hilarious Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator sing about his laments, cut over scenes from Terminator 2. Being a Terminator can be quite confusing! Presenting "To Kill Someone Again."

Charming Italian opera tenor Vittorio Grigolo-perhaps the most charming man alive-went on Charlie Rose to sing and ramble. It was great! The best part was when he told Charlie "I love you." Okay, maybe not that way.

Remember that scene in The Fifth Element where the blue alien lady sings opera? Well, here is a human lady singing the crescendo. Pretty impressive considering the blue alien lady's voice was electronically manipulated and this woman's is 100% real.

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Bill Clinton has been everywhere recently! Drinking in the World Cup locker room, presiding at weddings, fixing Haiti. But will he go see an in-the-works opera, Billy Blythe, about his horrible, abusive childhood, when it hits Little Rock? [USNews]

A trio of opera-related weddings presents a tantalizing pattern for our Phyllis Nefler, our resident weddings numerologist and all-around expert. What universal truths will she find in today's New York Times wedding announcements? Read on.

There are just as many who don't understand belting divas as people who can't watch cars continuously turning left. So why do people still flock to these two events? The crashes and booing, of course.

Who would have thought attempting to turn Al Gore's eco-friendly PowerPoint presentation into an opera might not go smoothly? Director William Friedkin has quit (fled?) the opera production, scheduled to premiere in 2011.