Music
Meet Your Librarian
Professor
Fine Arts Librarian
1051 Waldo Library
Pronouns: he/him/his
During the Fall and Spring semesters, I am generally available
most Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall Lobby or Ticket Office in Dalton Center and
most Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Student Lounge in Richmond Center.
I may be available at other times by appointment.
Opera Scores
Opera scores are at the following call numbers.
M 1500 Full scores
M 1503 Piano-vocal scores
M 1507 Collections of arias
Find scores using the library catalog.
Texts & Translations
Opera librettos (texts of operas usually with English translations) are shelved ML 48, 49 and 50.
Recordings are also a good source of texts and translations.
On the Web:
- IPA Source This link opens in a new window
Provides International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of about 5,000 art songs and 800 opera arias. “IPA Source is designed to assist singers with foreign language diction and communication. Our members can easily find the repertoire they need in our extensive catalog of 15,768 arias, art songs and liturgical texts in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Latin. With IPA Source, educators and artists can skip the translating and phonetic work and sing with confidence and accuracy.”
Streaming Video
- Music Online: Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
One hundred fifty-plus videos of complete opera performances, interviews, and documentaries, from the Baroque to the 20th Century. Create playlists, make and save clips, etc.
Books on Opera
General history: ML 1700-1715; plots: MT 95; librettos: ML 48-50; production: MT 955.
Some primary resources:
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
More than 200 dictionaries, encyclopedias, language reference and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. In addition to text, some sources include maps, illustrations, and Web links. Users can search one resource, a group of selected resources, or all of them at once. Regularly updated.
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Included in this database are the following titles:
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Guide to the Aria Repertoire by Call Number: ML128.O4 C53 2007ISBN: 9780253346681Publication Date: 2007-02-01Information for more than 400 arias.
Opera on the Web
- Classical SingerMagazine with practical information for a singing career. Includes auditions listings. Also in print in Current Periodicals and Periodicals.
- OperabaseMonthly performance data on 600 international opera houses.
- OperaGlassInformation on operas (performance history, libretti, etc.) and composers, performers, companies.
- YAP TrackerAccess (with membership) to over 2500 opera auditions each year.
Producing & Directing
Books on producing and directing opera are at MT 955.
