A collection of web sites on opera including individual opera companies and houses as well as databases on arias, festivals, singers and plots.

West Australian Opera
Western Australia's premier opera company.

Opera Australia
A wealth of information about Opera Australia, its education program, Friends of Opera Australia, OzOpera, patron programs, sponsorship, tours of the Opera Centre, etc.

Opera Queensland
"The latest news and happenings at Opera Queensland" - well worth a visit, features 'Choice Voices' with musical snippets in 'RealAudio'.

State Opera South Australia
This site contains all the booking information and plot outlines for the State Opera's latest season in addition to maps, newsletters, friends and more.

Sydney Opera House
"One of the great buildings of all time. It ranks with the pyramids and Chartres Cathedral", Yehudi Menuhin, 1973. A sleek site which provides a calendar of events searchable by date, performance, venue or type. Bookings are available by telephone, in person or e-mail. The site also includes information about the opera house such as tour details, venues, shops, restaurants and the latest media releases. For simple navigation there is a web site map.

Metropolitan Opera
Everything you'd ever want to know about the Met, including archival material, current season productions, broadcasts, a quiz, events, activities, and information on the Met Family.

New York City Opera
A slick site offering the latest updates on season schedules, special events, press releases, job listings, biographies, synopses, a discography and the list goes on. Click on the Site Map to see at a glance what's on offer.

Opera Companies on the Web
Find the Istanbul State Opera!  A listing of opera companies with links to web sites organised by country or continent.

San Francisco Opera
Browse through the 'Photo Archives' and see some of the interesting images from past San Francisco Opera seasons; read about the history of the SFO; or get the run-down on the newly-renovated War Memorial Opera House.

Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
This site claims to be the "premier internet light opera site" and provides a variety of G&S related material including clip art, librettos, plot summaries, pictures of the original G&S stars, song scores, midi and mpeg audio files (which allow you to actually listen to the music), books, newsletters and articles.

OperaGlass
A participatory site providing access to detailed information on opera composers, people and companies, libretti,source texts, performance histories, synopses and discographies.

Operabase
Gain access to a database of 500 opera houses and festivals; search over 50,000 opera performance details; or find information on a specific singer/role, conductor or producer. You can also link to over 1,000 opera sites on the web and read all the latest news and reviews from some of the world's leading newspapers.

Opera Web
For the opera lover, this page has the lot - information on operas, singers, reviews, links to other pages, an interactive quiz, 'curious things', maestro's corner, and an opera sing-a-long.

The Aria Database
A searchable reference guide to arias by name, opera, language, and voice type including word-by-word translations into English, libretti, and MIDI files for many of the arias. The database includes the complete set of operatic arias of Mozart and Verdi as well as many others.

Operissimo
Recommended by the American review journal Choice. This site contains databases on composers, artists, opera houses and operas. The composer database lists works and premieres, including a list of roles and performers and sometimes a list of recordings. The artist database includes biographical information and contact details.