The CORPUS links take you to the following websites. Most of them have many more resources
related to opera and they are all are recommended ...
Bob Frone. French opera. syn,lib
A former president of the Massenet society,
Bob Frone's site is dedicated
to French opera in general and Massenet in particular.
Dozens of libretti, hundreds of synopses. If you are interested in French opera,
this is a must-visit site.
BMG. Record label. syn
The website for
BMG Records
contains a variety of brief biographies of composers and artists, discographies, news of releases
and the opera synopses used here.
LaScalaWeb. The Milan opera house. syn
The La Scala site
includes searchable databases, photographs and sound tracks, with many of the pages
are also available in English.
Lyle Neff. Libretti and Russian music. lib
Lyle Neff has coordinated the collection of a large
number of libretti for opera and other vocal texts, which can be found at his
Public Domain Libretti site
Netpoint. Service provider bio,works,disc Netpoint
is a service provider specialising in the cultural field.
Their culture pages
are varied and very well constructed, as their Bryars and Nyman pages show.
NYCO. Opera house. bio,syn
The OnLine Library
created by the Education unit of the
New York City Opera
website furnished us with 21 synopses and 15 biographies, and they intend to
keep growing.
OperaGlass. General opera site. works,pic,syn,lib,disc,perf
Rick Bogart's
OperaGlass
contains a great amount of information relating opera: performance histories,
synopses, libretti, discographies and pictures.
Opera in America. American composers. works,syn
Christopher "tbkfp" Hapka's
Opera in America site
is dedicated to opera by American composers, and it includes details on many more
composers and works than we had room for here.
Opera-L. Synopses and recordings. syn
Neil Broderick's
Opera-L server
concentrates on discographies and synopses.
Schirmer. Music publisherbio,syn G.Schirmer has a site very rich in
contemporary music information, including many review articles, biographies
and annotated links to further sources.
Vox Neapolis. Naples site. lib
The Vox Neapolis site
is dedicated to the arts, music and culture of Naples.
Coordinated Opera Resource Pages: Sources: Houses and schedules
The venue information, apart from that from the houses themselves, comes from a
number of sources:
Operabase. House, schedule info, reviews
The Operabase
takes house, booking and season details and adds maps, timelines and reviews from
leading newspapers.
Available in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German.
Opera-L City Files. House histories, seasons; City info.
Jared Weinberger maintains the pages of information provided
by the Opera-L members. The resultant
Opera-L City Files
include much valuable information on the accomodation, restaurants and
entertainment possibilities of the cities, as well as the detailed information
on the opera houses. An excellent resource that cannot be too highly recommended.
OSS. House, schedule info
Tamás Máray's famous Opera Schedule Server
has been providing opera schedule information since 1994.
Mike Gibb
Last modified: Tue Jan 13 22:33:12 GMT 1998
