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MUSC 140 / 240 / 401 / 451 - Voice and Opera - De Lapp-Culver: Synopses, Text and Translation

Resources for students taking courses or individualized instruction in Voice and Opera.

Print Books

Literature as Opera by Schmidgall, Gary
Call Number: WOO Main ML3858 .S37
The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas by Freeman, John W.
Call Number: WOO Main MT95 .M49 1984
2 volume set.
Opera and the Uses of Language: Mozart, Verdi, and Britten by Corse, Sandra
Call Number: WOO Main ML1700 .C7 1987
Opera as Drama by Kerman, Joseph
Call Number: WOO Main ML3858 .K4 1988
Opera Themes and Plots by Fellner, Rudolph
Call Number: WOO Main MT95 .F4

Online Books

A Dictionary of Opera Characters. Rev. ed. (alt. title: Who married Figaro?: A Book of Opera Characters) by Kennedy, Joyce Bourne
Publication Date: 2008
Online (Oxford Reference Online Premium)

Texts and Translations on the Web

LiederNet: The Archive
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Contains both public domain and copyright protected material.

Print Reference Sources

Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias by Coffin, Berton, et al.
Call Number: WOO Reference ML54.6 .W65
2 volume set. Part 1: German & French. Part 2: Italian.