Boston University Opera Fall Fringe Festival's "Antigone" at the BU Theater's Studio 210, Boston, last night; through tomorrow.

If you're like most people, you think they don't write operas like they used to, the kind filled with melodies that melt your heart. Well, composer Marjorie Merryman certainly hasn't. Instead her "Antigone" is a gripping, concise, modern one-act music drama that is a real gem.