For many students on campus, lifetime contact with opera is limited to Bugs Bunny parodies and their grandmother’s hobbies. For a passionate and devoted campus contingent, however, opera is a vital form whose renowned tradition—far from being anachronistic—is perpetually relevant and whose boundaries are still being pushed today. From students in organizations like Dunster House Opera and Lowell House Opera to famous graduates such as composer John C. Adams ’69, Harvard is rich in operatic resources.