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Sing It!: Opera Scenes

Resources for Singers, Choral Directors, and Vocal Music Researchers

Miscellaneous (& Interesting) Info About Opera

Index to opera, operetta, and musical comedy synopses in collections and periodicals / Jeanette Ma Drone
REF ML128.O4 D76 (3rd floor)

Metropolitan Opera annals; a chronicle of artists and performances, with an introd. by Edward Johnson
OVERSIZE ML1711.8 .N32 M48

Opera: a Research and Information Guide / Guy A. Marco
ML 128 .O4 M28 1984

Opera manual: A handbook of practical operatic information / Central Opera Service
MT955 .C4

Opera production: A handbook / Q. Eaton
MT 955 .E25 v.1-2

"The Marriage of Figaro"

Featuring Ileana cotrubas (Susanna), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Kiri Te Kanawa (the Countess) and Benjamin Luxon (the Count).

Operatic Scenes & One-Acts

Finding Plot Summaries

Standard stories from the operas / Gladys Davidson
MT 95 .D2 S8 1939

The new Kobbé's complete opera book / ed., rev. & updated by the Earl of Harewood
REF MT 95 .K52 1976 (3rd floor)

Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, 2d ed. / K. Gänzl
REF ML 102 .M88 G3 2001 v.1-3 (3rd floor)

Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre / K. Gänzl and A. Lamb
REF MT 95 .G2 1989 (3rd floor)

Index to Opera, Operetta and Musical Comedy Synopses in Collections and Periodicals / J.M. Drone
REF ML 128 .O4 D76 (3rd floor)

Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas / J.W. Freeman
MT 95 .M49 1984 v.1-2

Musical Theater Synopses: An Index / J.M. Drone
REF ML 128 .O4 D76 Suppl. (3rd floor)

Opera synopses: A guide to the plots and characters of the standard operas / J. Walker McSpadden
MT 95 .M152 1920

Victor book of the opera: Stories of the operas / rev. by H.W. Simon
MT 150 .V4 1913, 1929, 1936, 1968