It has been said that if Richard Wagner were alive today, he would be a director of movies. Richard Wagner was an inhabitant of the 19th century, and he was a maker of operas.
Movies have the same ingredients, between the soundtrack the screenplay and the cinematography.
The acting-singing talent connection has long been established, from Sinatra and Elvis to Madonna and Jennifer Lopez. Vedder is himself dramatic. In fact, they originally so did not want to ruin your interpretation that they did not originally present these three works as an opera. But they are presented by some very diligent fans, who offer a cohesive story of the creation of the opera. There is incestuous Oedipal drama, insanity, and loud and cagey guitaring.