“Thanks to Placido Domingo, the superstar tenor who has been at the helm of L.A. Opera since 1999, opera has become a hot ticket in a sprawling metropolis where celebrity obsession is a way of life and movie mania reigns 365 days a year. Opera is still not a way of life here the way it is in New York, but L.A. is well on its way to being caught up in opera fever.”