Thank you.
After following the discussion here:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/19182/opera-browser-does-not-play-twitter-videos-and-gifs-again/17
...and trying the suggestions, still not working.
Had to go here:
https://get.geo.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/
...and install previous stable version, which works just fine.
Opera is my preferred browser, but these ongoing issues with video/streaming/flash is just getting out of hand...