HELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES

Wikipedia:OPERA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera

National Association of Teachers of Singing

http://www.nats.org

A list of related links on this site provides access to many useful resources for singers and teachers of singing.

The Diction Domain

www.scaredofthat.com/dictiondomain

Everything you always wanted to know about International Phonetic Alphabet and singing in foreign languages.

Music Theory

www.music-mind.com/Music/indexlrm.HTML

This site is excellent for explaining the basics of music.

The Worldwide Opera and Concert Information Service

www.wocis.com

Canadian Opera Company

www.coc.ca

USEFUL BOOKS

Must books can be found online or at a good book store

Kobbe's Opera Book

500 Nights at the Opera by Rudoph Bing

Opera for Dummies

Great operatic Disasters by Hugh Vickers

Dynamics of the singing voice by M. Bunch

The Performer Prepares by Robert Caldwell

A Guide to Style and Literature by Carol Kimball

Illustrated Elements of Alexander Technique by Glynn Macdonald

Singing with your Whole Self: the Feldenkreis Method and Voice by S. Nelson and E. Blades-Zeller

Soprano on her Head by E. Ristad

Vocal Health and Pedagogy by R. Sataloff

The Singing Book by  M.Bunch and C. Vaughn