Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Opera Glass

http://opera.stanford.edu/main.html

Here you can get detailed information on many operas, with pictures, background information, commemoration calendars, special features, and links to other opera information sites.

U.S. Opera

http://www.usopera.com

An excellent site devoted to opera by American composers features a timeline, composer biographies and descriptions of their works.

Operabase

http://www.operabase.com/index.cgi?lang=eng

Operabase provides general information on operas, composers, performances, and companies. We recommend the "Opera Timelines" link under "Reference" for a colorful opera history chart.

Using the websites provided above, answer the following questions.

1			Give a synopsis of La Bohème.
2			Name five operas composed by the American composer Anthony Davis. Provide a general description of his stylistic influences.
3			Give a synopsis of the opera Porgy and Bess. Include information about the composer, librettist and major performances.
4			Who composed the opera Nixon in China? Where and when was the premiere performance?
5			Choose three operas composed during the early period (1600–1800.) Name one currently scheduled performance for each.