The Opera Man is an original character portrayed by Adam Sandler.
During Weekend Update, Opera Man sings the news. Earlier segments had Opera Man using Italian words, but later sketches had him using more English and less Italian. In a guest appearance, Opera Man was visited by his cousin played by retired cast member Jon Lovitz. Opera Man's style would often invoke fake Italian words such as adding "a"s or "o"s to English words, or by rhyming. One such type was when Tom Hanks won two consecutive Oscars, prompting Opera Man to sing "Take a vacation, go to France. Give someone else a chance!", then displaying a movie poster for Billy Madison, an inside joke that Adam Sandler movies are hardly Oscar-worthy.
Adam Sandler he wears a black tuxedo with a black and red cape in Dracula-esque at some appearance, and white fancy shirt, black bow tie, black pants, his hair wig, then he holds the white handkerchief in there hands, similar to Pavarotti style, he reminds me of Count Von Count from Sesame Street, But Adam Sandler he would be a voice of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania movies. He would give him roses in Opera Man. He wears his cape like a Magician
Ironically the Idina Menzel She took the Mark Twain Prize in 2023, but She took Opera Man to tribute to Adam Sandler.
The Opera Choir is 4 man and 4 woman dressed as Opera Man capes, like similar to Count Dracula, But man wear tuxedos, and woman wear black dresses, with white handkerchief from a Pavarotti.
Idina Menzel She is actress behind voice of Elsa in Frozen and Nancy Tremaine in Enchanted, but ironically She is dressed like Adam Sandler's Opera Man guise, and She wears silk black and red gown length cape, She wore a similar to Erik's cape from Phantom of the Opera and white tuxedo shirt, with her black cummerbund, black pants, and She says "Grazie, Grazie", and She speaks herself to Italian. Then She sang " Funiculi, Funicula". Some speculate the cape was more of a Phantom of the Opera-inspired look that decided her Opera Woman. Idina She had a white handkerchief in her hands, like similar to Luciano Pavarotti style. If Idina Menzel She didn't need to have hair wig, but She has a woman long hair on her head.
Unlike many characters intended solely for Weekend Update, Opera Man was put in a stand-alone sketch prior to the host's monologue. The sketch was made to look like Opera Man in an actual opera (albeit a very short one to allow for time constraints of SNL sketches). Phil Hartman introduces the audience to saying that Opera Man has just filled up his car at a New Hampshire gas station and has also decided to take a gamble on a scratch-off lottery ticket. The crescendo increases as Opera Man becomes progressively happier as each box he scratches off reveals a symbol for the grand prize. Prior to scratching off the last box, Opera Man makes a quick prayer to God. Like most operas, the final music becomes tragic as Opera Man scratches off the last box, then looks in disappointment as the final box is a mismatch. Opera Man sings his disappointment through "No! No! Back to job! Guard of securito for Montgomery Ward-o."