With his signature aria, "Nessun Dorma",
Italian
tenor Luciano
Pavarotti helped put 20th century
opera on the pop culture map.
Check out the classics including singers, online
librettos, famous arias, history, opera appreciation and education....
....along with top sites for opera-related info
on the Web, a look at the lighter side of the ages-old art form,
and a list of major opera houses
around the world...
OperaGlass
- Prime sources to opera and opera-related sites, fan sites, e-zines
and more, courtesy of Stanford University.
OperaStuff
- Opera singers, opera-related links, and a classical singer resource
including competitions, youth training programs, workshops and
training, more.
Operabase
- Powerful, cross-searchable databases to past and future performances
around the world, news and reviews, opera houses, festivals, singers.
Opera
Links - One-stop browsing for an array of recommended
resources and general opera sites, reviews and e-zines, courtesy
of Stanford University.
So
You Wanna learn about opera? - Opera appreciation 101,
making the topic accessible by covering the plots, history and
finer points of the art form in five readable pages.
Chinese
Opera - Lively, illustrated overview in three parts, with
audio files.