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Opera

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Aria Database
  2. Bassocantante's Opera Shop
  3. Bolshoi Theatre
  4. Brief History of Singing
  5. CORPUS: Coordinated Opera Resource Pages
  6. Culturekiosque
  7. E-Libretto
  8. English National Opera
  9. Metropolitan Opera
  10. Music at UCC: Web Resources - 17th and 18th Century Opera & Theatre Music
  11. Music at UCC: Web Resources - 19th Century Opera and Theatre Music
  12. Music Notes
  13. NYCO Opera Online
  14. Opera Glass
  15. Operabase
  16. Operissimo
  17. Performance: The Arts Channel
  18. Royal Opera House
  19. San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
  20. Scottish Opera
  21. Stage
  22. Teatro alla Scala
  23. Welsh National Opera
  24. World Wide Arts Resources
  25. WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
  26. Zarzuela!

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Aria Database
Information about over 700 operatic arias including libretti, vocal range, brief synopsis and translations.
     Author: Glaubitz, Robert
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: documents
Bassocantante's Opera Shop
Opera Singers’ pages contaning a collection of information on opera singers active in the first half of the twentieth century, along with audio clips taken primarily from 78 rpm records. The Curiosity Shop details some unusual singers and recordings while the Gossip Corner offers humorous historical tales of opera fiascos.
     Author: Higginbotham, Carlton
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: sound collection
Bolshoi Theatre
News and information about the Bolshoi Theatre, company structure, reconstruction of the theatre itself and a programme of forthcoming events.
     Author: Bolshoi Theatre
     Subjects: ballet, opera, theatres
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: institution
Brief History of Singing
Essay following the development of singing from antiquity, through to the development of opera, modernism and the present day.
     Author: Koopman, John
     Subjects: opera, vocal music
     DeweyClass: 782
     Resource type: essay
CORPUS: Coordinated Opera Resource Pages
Index to opera links, including composers, opera houses and festivals, schedules, news, reviews, singers, CDs, books and videos.
     Author: Gibb, Mike
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: index
Culturekiosque
News, features, criticism and interviews about art exhibitions, concerts, opera stars, jazz, dance, CDs and CD-Roms, international cuisine and technology in English, French and German.
     Author: Culturekiosque Publications
     Subjects: art exhibitions, dance, jazz music, opera
     DeweyClass: 705
     Resource type: magazine, news
E-Libretto
Collection of links relating to opera libretti resources, includes works by composers such as Gershwin, Berloiz, Mozart, Wagner, Purcell, Bizet, Strauss, and Verdi.
     Author: Society of Ulric Voyer's Friends
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: documents
English National Opera
Official information from English National Opera, with programme information, booking and seating details, and a guide to disabled access services.
     Author: English National Opera
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: institution
Metropolitan Opera
Offers schedules, ticket and broadcast information, news and history of the New York based opera company.
     Author: Metropolitan Opera Association
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: institution, news
Music at UCC: Web Resources - 17th and 18th Century Opera & Theatre Music
Selection of annotated links to resources relating to 17th and 18th Century opera and theatre music, arranged by country.
     Author: Everett, Paul
     Subjects: baroque music, eighteenth century music, opera, theatre links
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: index
Music at UCC: Web Resources - 19th Century Opera and Theatre Music
Information on 19th Century opera in countries including Britain, Italy, Germany, France, Russia and the Czech lands.
     Author: Everett, Paul
     Subjects: nineteenth century music, opera, theatre links
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: index
Music Notes
Essays on the general features, style characteristics and composer styles of the music of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, and on specific genres such as the concerto, opera and the symphony.
     Author: Dorak, M. Tevfik
     Subjects: baroque music, eighteenth century music, music theory, nineteenth century music, opera
     DeweyClass: 781.2
     Resource type: articles, essays
NYCO Opera Online
A selection of information on New York City Opera.
     Author: New York City Opera
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: biography, documents
Opera Glass
Opera resource including performance histories, synopses, libretti, discographies and pictures.
     Author: Opera Glass
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: discography, documents
Operabase
Opera resource which includes databases of performances, artists, schedules, opera houses and festivals. Also provides news, reviews, related links and Opera Timelines.
     Author: Gibb, Mike
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: reference data
Operissimo
Extensive international encyclopaedia of opera, containing entries for opera composers, performers and works. Also includes details of opera houses worldwide, with schedules.
     Author: Operissimo
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: reference document
Performance: The Arts Channel
Searchable collection of arts resources with sections on performance television, classical music, ballet, opera, contemporary dance, and jazz. Includes a UK events guide with tickets available for sale online.
     Author: Performance - The Arts Channel
     Subjects: ballet, classical music links, dance, jazz music, opera
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: documents
Royal Opera House
History, diaries of performances and artists for the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera and the Royal Opera House Orchestra. Also includes booking information and education resources.
     Author: Royal Opera House
     Subjects: opera, theatres
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: institution
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
Provides access to materials documenting the history of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the present. Includes books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artefacts, as well as archives of local dance organisations. The online catalogue is both searchable and browsable, and collections cover dance, music, theatre, opera, musical theatre, and design.
     Author: San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
     Subjects: dance, design research, music libraries, opera, theatre studies
     DeweyClass: 790
     Resource type: museum
Scottish Opera
Information about the Scottish Opera company, its history, productions, performance diary, and contacts.
     Author: Scottish Opera
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: institution
Stage
Weekly magazine and trade paper of the UK entertainment industry, founded in 1890. Includes reviews of theatre, opera, dance, television, radio, and job vacancies in the performing arts. Registration is required for some features.
     Author: The Stage
     Subjects: dance, opera, theatre guides
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: magazine
Teatro alla Scala
Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Includes program information, news and a searchable archive of information about 9800 artists, 2500 authors, librettists or choreographers, over 11500 different shows, more than 5800 performances in La Scala Theatre and 170000 performances of various characters. Information in Italian and English.
     Author: Teatro alla Scala
     Subjects: italian culture, opera, theatres
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: institution
Welsh National Opera
Information about the Cardiff-based opera company, including a performance diary, cast lists and opera synopses.
     Author: Welsh National Opera
     Subjects: opera
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: institution
World Wide Arts Resources
Gateway to arts and culture information. Headings include Artists, Art Museums, Art Exhibitions, Commercial Arts, Art Education, Art History, Crafts, Dance, Opera, Theatre, Antiques, Architecture, Film and Literature.
     Author: World Wide Arts Resources Corp
     Subjects: art links, art museums, artists, dance, film studies, opera, theatre links
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: index
WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
Extensive listing of music resources covering dissertations, music libraries and catalogues, journals, opera, song, orchestras and composition.
     Author: American Musicological Society
     Subjects: classical music links, musicology, opera
     DeweyClass: 780
     Resource type: index
Zarzuela!
Information about the Zarzuela, a Spanish lyric theatre genre. Includes history, composers, CD reviews, song translations, images, and an index of works.
     Author: Webber, Christopher & Jassa Haro, Ignacio
     Subjects: opera, theatre links
     DeweyClass: 782.1
     Resource type: documents