I think the specifics are correct but not confined to opera. I have no idea of how to convey the 'classical music culture' (if I could even define it) to "kids today" (ie., grandkids, who say "you listen to weird music"). That's with putting classical on the radio when I have them (captive!) in the car.<p>Interestingly, they do recognize clips (eg., Hall of the Mountain King) from various YouTubers stuff ("watch me play this game"), so it's not entirely out of the ecosystem.<p>Also, they are getting older, but ... the broadcast was 'Marriage of Figaro', I found myself bowdlerizing the plot: they're not quite ready to process the "right of seigneur". Most opera is PG!