A History of Opera in Fifteen Key Works - http://wanderingleopard.angelfire.com/opera.html
A concise description of the development of the art form using fifteen major operas as examples. |
Chinese Opera - http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/Asian/OpProg2.html
A brief history. |
Collecting Operas on Vintage Postcards - http://www.luckymojo.com/operacards.html
An illustrated introduction to collecting early 20th century European historical opera postcards. |
Evolution of Opera - http://members.tripod.com/~dorakmt/music/opera.html
Overview of the development of the operatic form. |
Historic Opera - http://www.historicopera.com/
Archived images of historic opera singers, composers, and set designs. |
Metropolitan Opera History - http://www.metopera.org/history/
A history of one of the world's leading opera companies. |
The Legacy of the Diva - http://www.divalegacy.com/
Opera's recorded legacy. Articles and surveys of aria recordings especially from the coloratura repertoire. |
The Rise of Light Opera - http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/spectop001.html
A history of the development of the comic opera. |
Timeline of American Opera - http://www.usopera.com/faq/timeline.html
A chronology of important dates in the history of American opera. |