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Opera
Historical Overview from the Classical Music Pages.
( http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_opera.html )
Opera Terms and Definitions
From the Arizona Opera site.
( http://www.evermore.com/azo/terms.php3 )
Historical overview of Joplin's opera from the New World Classics site.
( http://www.newworldclassics.com/treemonisha.htm )
Mary Carr Moore
Biography and career overview by Catherine Parsons Smith.
( http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/moore_mc.html )
Virgil Thomson
Biographical sketch from the Virgil Thomson Foundation site. Includes links to other information on Thomson.
( http://www.virgilthomson.org/bio.html )
Gertrude Stein
Creatively designed biographical page.
( http://ellensplace.net/gstein2.html )
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Brief biography from Classical Net.
( http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/menotti.html )
Carlisle Floyd
Brief biography from the Arizona Opera site.
( http://www.azopera.com/learn/composer/floyd/index.shtml )
Modernism was Easy
Brief essay on the historical position of the opera Four Saints in Three Acts by Stein and Thomson.
( http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/21/reviews/990221.21holtt.html )
Historical background and synopsis of Gershwin's opera.
( http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/gershwin/porgy&bess.html )
Pages providing background, criticism and reactions from the site of composer Marc Blitzstein.
( http://www.marcblitzstein.com/pages/cradle/pages/cradle2.htm )
Sub site on the Bernstein official site. Includes information on major productions, lyrics to songs, photos, and source material.
( http://www.westsidestory.com/site/level2/archives/letters/letters.html )
Thorough overview of Philip Glass's opera.
( http://www.glasspages.org/eins93.html )







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