By David Belcher For the Journal Nudity, nuclear annihilation, Satan and insanity -- just another day in the world of opera at your local movie theater.

NEW YORK - Franco Zeffirelli, who has directed film, theater and opera worldwide, is being honored this weekend for the dozen lavish productions he created that "shaped the history" of the Metropolitan Opera.

By Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Dec.

In his boldest and most far-reaching move since taking the helm of San Francisco Opera two years ago, general director David Gockley has announced a new agreement to begin worldwide, cinema-quality broadcasts of six of the company's productions per year, beginning in March 2008.

By John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune Nov. 20--The Metropolitan Opera has tripled the number of movie theaters presenting high-definition broadcasts of performances during the 2007-08 season after the dramatic success of its debut series of live opera transmissions last season.