Opera is reaching “beyond its traditional image and audience. An infusion of directing talent from stage and screen continues, and opera is also venturing into new media with a sense of urgency — and a success — unthinkable just a few years ago. It all points toward an abruptly expanding view of the mission of the opera house. ‘We are in the first year of really creative, energetic experimentation, and I am curious to measure the outcome. We need to be viewing all of it in a measured way to see what works, using traditional and new technologies’.”