Opera and the military? National arts program hopes to open minds SETH HETTENA Associated Press CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - None of the Marines seemed quite sure what to expect when the strains of Figaro's aria from the Barber of Seville filled the theater on this military base by the sea. Instead of furs and tuxedoes, audience members wore desert cammies. Then again, how many operagoers are preparing for their third deployment to Iraq? And how many Marines go to the opera? Not enough, according to the National Endowment for the Arts, which is reaching out to a community it has overlooked in the past: The 1.4 million men and women on active duty in the U.S. military. ... http://tinyurl.com/9souw Janos Gereben/SF www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]