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| Opera World: Rossini | ||
| This site offers biographical information on Gioacchino Rossini as well as sound files and background notes on his operas Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola. ( http://www.operaworld.com/cornerstones/barber/barrossini.htm ) | ||
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| Opera World: Puccini | ||
| This site offers great sound files from the music and also interviews concerning La Bohème and other operas by Puccini. ( http://www.operaworld.com/cornerstones/operalist.html#boheme ) | ||
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| Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Times | ||
| This attractive site offers a timeline, biography, and the stories and background for the operas of this famous Italian composer. ( http://www.r-ds.com/opera/verdiana/chronology.htm ) | ||
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| Realism and Naturalism | ||
| This instructor's site encapsulates the literary movements of realism and naturalism that also found expression in the art and music of the period, including many operas. ( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/naturalism.html ) | ||
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| Georges Bizet | ||
| The Arizona Opera Web site offers a biography of Georges Bizet along with a synopsis of his great opera Carmen, including some sound files. ( http://www.azopera.com/learn.php?subcat=composerbios&composer=Bizet ) | ||
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| Stories of the Operas with Sound Files | ||
| From this page on the Metropolitan Opera site, you can connect to the stories of operas by composer and also listen to the world's greatest singers on sound files that accompany the stories. ( http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/discover/stories/index.aspx?letter=v&type=... ) | ||
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| La Bohème Libretto | ||
| This site offers the complete translation of the libretto of Puccini's La Bohème, along with an aria list that facilitates connecting the arias with exact lines of text. ( http://www.bohemianopera.com/bohemelibretto.htm ) | ||
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| Les Huguenots | ||
| This site offers biographical information on Giacomo Meyerbeer and his operas along with storylines and sound files. On this page, the story of Les Huguenots, the opera that started the grand opera craze, is presented with historically significant sound files featuring the singing of Enrico Caruso and Franco Corelli. ( http://www.meyerbeer.com./Hug-syn.htm ) | ||
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