1. The Calamity Anne series was the beginning of " horse operas ". 2. Meanwhile, the Western Performers Gallery shows memorabilia of the horse opera . 3. In this horse opera , Bernstein is an invariably snarling and scheming Black Bart. 4. It may have just been a horse opera to you, me, and Miss Kitty. 5. After directing a dozen low-budget'horse opera 'films ( some of which he would rather forget ), 6. In 1993 he composed the music for Channel 4's " Horse Opera " and director Bob Baldwin. 7. The themes of the western " horse opera " was later considered an influence in his works. 8. Irene once said in jest that " she had left light opera for a horse opera ." 9. His new movie is a horse opera about love, freedom and coming-of-age amid a bloody sideshow of the Civil War. 10. "The Man From Laramie " and " Cheyenne Autumn " were darker portraits of cowboy life than previous Hollywood horse operas .