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MUSC 140 / 240 / 401 / 451 - Voice and Opera - De Lapp-Culver: Performance Practice

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

Print Books

American Opera by Kirk, Elise K
Call Number: WOO Main ML1711 .K56 2001
The Art of the Song Recital by Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag
Call Number: WOO Reserves MT892 .E54
Publication Date: 1979
Ballad Opera by Gagey, Edmond M
Call Number: WOO Main ML1731.3.G13 B17
The Book of European Light Opera by Ewen, David
Call Number: WOO Main MT95 .E9 1977
The Castrati in Opera by Heriot, Angus
Call Number: WOO Main ML400 .H47 1975
The Complete Singer-Actor: Training for Music Theater by Balk, H. Wesley
Call Number: WOO Main ML3858 .B25
Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century by Weinstock, Herbert
Call Number: WOO Main ML410.D7 W4
The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini by Weaver, William
Call Number: WOO Main ML1733 .W4 1980
Handel and the Opera Seria by Dean, Winton
Call Number: WOO Main MT100.H3 D4
A History of English Opera by White, Eric Walter
Call Number: WOO Main ML1731 .W58 1983
Italian Opera by Kimbell, David R. B
Call Number: WOO Main ML1733 .K55 1991
Power Performance for Singers: Transcending the Barriers by Emmons, Shirlee and Thomas, Alma
Call Number: WOO Main MT892 .E55 1998
Singers of Italian Opera: The History of a Profession by Rosselli, John
Call Number: WOO Main ML1460 .R68 1992
Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature by Kimball, Carol
Call Number: WOO Reference MT120 .K56 2005
What EverySinger Needs to Know About the Body by Melissa Malde, MaryJean Allen, Kurt-Alexander Zeller
Call Number: WOO Main MT821 .M24 2017
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 2017.

Online Books

Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters by Ostwald, David F.
Online (ebrary)
The Grove Book of Opera Singers, 2nd ed. by Macy, Laura, ed.
Online (Oxford Reference Online)
The Naked Voice: A Wholistic Approach to Singing by Smith, W. Stephen; Chipman, Michael
Online (ebrary)
Researching the Song: A Lexicon by Shirlee Emmons and Wilbur Watkin Lewis
Publication Date: 2006
Singing, Acting, and Movement in Opera: A Guide to Singer-Getics by Clark, Mark Ross
Online (Both ebrary & Project MUSE)
Singing in Style: A Guide to Vocal PerformancePractices by Martha Elliott
Publication Date: 2006
Online (JSTOR)

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians by Roland Jackson
Call Number: WOO Reference ML100 .J29 2004