General Opera-related Links (selected)
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Aria Database
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www.aria-database.com
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Just as the name implies! A searchable database of arias.
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andante.com
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www.andante.com
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A commercial site for a classical music production company; includes some interesting material—but site is no longer being updated.
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Cantabile-Subito
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www.cantabile-subito.de
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Music clips and commentary focused on opera singers of the early 20th century, compiled by a German colllector of recordings. In English or German.
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Classical Voice
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www.classicalvoice.org
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News and resources for students and lovers of classical singing.
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culturekiosk
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www.culturekiosque.com
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A European online magazine of music, arts, and culture: lots of current news. This link goes straight to the opera section.
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Dolora Zajick
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www.dolorazajick.com
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OK, I'm kookoo for mezzos! Zajick has Verdi as "wrapped-up" as Bartoli has the classical period. Zajick's website reflects her wide-ranging interests.
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iclassics.com
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www.iclassics.com
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A European commercial site with loads of serious music on offer, and some decent information tucked in between.
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Los Angeles Opera
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www.laopera.com
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The warm space of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion is peripatetic Placido Domingo's West Coast home.
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Lyric Opera Chicago
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www.lyricopera.org
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One of the top 3 opera companies in the US, boasting world-class singers over an 8-opera season, in a fabulous gilded-and-marbled art deco house.
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Met Opera Guild
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www.metguild.org
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This site links to the NYC Metropolitan Opera main site, the Met Broadcasts site (www.operainfo.org), and the Opera News mag site. Guild members and mag subscribers get full access, eg, to the online forum, "Standing Room."
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Opera-L
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newsgroup archives
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Opera-L, hosted by the City University of New York, is an active email forum for opera-lovers. This link leads to the archives, specifically, an area containing posts about Cecilia Bartoli's 2004 US tour. Worth digging around!
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Operissimo
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www.operissimo.com
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Large opera and performer database. Produced in Italy; texts provided in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
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OperaStuff
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www.operastuff.com
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Very clear site; lots of links catalogued. In English.
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OpernWelt
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www.opernwelt.de
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"Opera World" is a German site.
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San Francisco Opera
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www.sfopera.com
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The second-largest US opera company, with a 13-opera season playing in the 1932 War Memorial Opera House.
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BabelFish
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world.altavista.com
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A machine translation service handy if you visit lots of foreign-language websites. Copy, paste, & click to translate a text between various tongues. Some translations turn out clear as a bell; others inspire hilarity.
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