Related Links

Links checked 08/05/2008

Some great resources

Operabase Over the past ten years, Operabase has collected an extensive archive of 155,000 opera performances (over 20,000 artists), created powerful and flexible search and listing tools for accessing that data, and developed multilingual software for doing this in 7 languages.

Oberlin Opera Resources an amazing set of links for the opera singer. 

Opera Broadcast, get on the mailing list.

• OperaWorld.com

Opera Companies

• General List from Opera World
• Another List from Aria Database

Schools and Resources

• Peterson's List of Schools offering Music Degrees
• The College Music Society Home Page
• Opera America
• National Opera Association
• Opera World
• Summer Programs
• The Classical Singer   

Libraries

• Indiana University Library
• Project Gutenberg
• Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
• Online Scores (Indiana University's opera and art song scores online)
• Levy Sheet Music 29,000 pieces of popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. Music published before 1923 is available online.

Music History and Biographies

• The Classical Music Pages
• Composer and Librettist Biographies   from the NY City Opera
• Karadar's Classical Music World - Biographies, MP3s, libretti, photos, midi, Lieder texts

Opera Plots and Libretti

• Libretti Quite a large list of libretti on the web
• Baroque Libretti   A few early libretti
• Karadar Operas  An very extensive site with just about all you need
• Collection Ulric Voyer  220 libretti 
• Kareol  Libretti and opera info with Spanish translations (quite extensive)
• Opera Plots - NY City Opera
• Rick Bogart's Opera Glass a great site including a large amout of background info 

Song Texts and Translations

• Aria Database - Main Index
• Texts of Lieder and Art Songs  This is "the" source of song texts. Many with poetic translations but no IPA.
• Finding Translations of Vocal Music (I.U. Music Library Reference)
• Lieder of the 20th century a list of compositions
• Bach Cantatas Website  
• Robokopp a large collection of PD texts. No translations.

Reference

• A dictionary of composers on the Net The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers - contemporary composers submit their own info.
• The New Grove Dictionary of Opera This online version is very expensive - $150 a year - you can try it free for 24 hours.  
• iToos, a multi-purpose language site (includes rhyming dictionary)
• RISM-US Homepage (with catalog of libretti)

Translators

• IM Translator for IE or Firefox - this is a very useful tool
• German dictionary - this is the best one I have found
• French Dictionary from TV5Monde - full featured, quick online dictionary.
• AltaVista: Translations
• Universal Verb Conjugator
• Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
• An Index of On-Line Dictionaries
• The Newbury House Dictionary of American English with English IPA
• Resources for Translators
• OneLook Dictionary  12,739,111 words in 1065 dictionaries

MIDI and Such

• The Classical MIDI Collection
• Classical MIDI Archives
• The Aria Database

Music to buy

• Schubertline instant online sheet music of lieder, songs and arias which may be viewed, played and printed in any key.
• Recordare Online more online sheet music to download.
• CD Sheetmusic All the arias you will every need plus Schubert songs and now even all the Verdi and Wagner vocal scores on CD-Rom. 
• Classical Vocal Reprints
• T.I.S. Vocal Music Online Catalog
• Schirmer Library of Musical Classics
• Alfred Vocal Music
• Electronic Sheet Music Net4music.com offers downloadable sheet music in all music types. Prices are reasonable, audio files are available. Check out the vocal selections!
• The Full Pitcher Music Resources  Publisher of sheet music and Scorchfiles (for online printing), with ideas for improvisation, easy music for beginners, resources for schools/teachers, including special needs support.
• Virtual Sheet Music  Classical Sheet Music Downloads. Selected scores for piano, violin and other instruments ready to download.

Music to hear and see

• The Virtual Gramophone an extensive collection of early recordings (re-mastered) featuring Canadian artists. Listen for free.
• CDnow
• Kultur.com  Arts video
• Amazon.com
• OperaItaliana  Listen to Italian Opera recordings $10 for the first month and $5 a month there after