Opera Resources

Web resources for understanding and exploring opera:

An amateur website, http://jrabold.net/radio/, lists the dates and times, with links, of webcasts of NPR''s weekly World of Opera.

Seattle Opera maintains on-demand webcasting at www.king.org/programming/opera/index.aspx/#oc.

www.AllAboutOpera.com: provides information about operas, composers, reviews, upcoming performances, and new CD releases.

For understanding opera plotlines (highly entertaining): www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A270479?s_id=1

Discovering opera and the Metropolitan Opera: www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/discover/

For producers, performers, and afficianados: www.OperaAmerica.org

Opera America's Online Learning Program: www.operaamerica.org/audiences/lifelong/distance.html: courses include written materials, multimedia, and message boards. There is a $10 course registration fee.

Barnes & Noble University occasionally offers a free online class called "Overture to Opera". (Look under the "Liberal Arts" section.)