I’m not a great fan of opera; But there was a great skit on SNL many years back where a terse voiced gal gave a 15 second each synopsis of about a dozen of the best known operas that was hilarious. I’ve tried searching for it but I only get Adam Sandler = Opera Man (whom I find less than funny most of the time) ...but if anyone has that link I referred to, I’d love to capture it.
Try Looking up Anna Russel. She does the 20 hours of Wagner’s Ring in 20 minutes. Hysterical (and accurate).
I have a DVD of a skit where a woman holds up paper cutouts on sticks of various opera characters, all the while describing the plots of the operas in which they appear. It is hilarious! I don’t know if it’s the same one, or not. I was just looking on You Tube, but couldn’t find it.