NEW YORK - Opera has been popping up recently at the most unlikely New York places: a revamped garage, a dive bar, a basketball court and even an old aircraft carrier.

It's part of a festival with an in-your-face goal to bring the art form to ordinary places.

The New York Opera Fest 2017 that ends this month has drawn casual, but curious, spectators, some of whom may never have gone to an expensive production in a plush theater.