Resources for Singers
Opera - Art Song - Jazz - Musical Theater - Choral Music

Opera
Opera Glass detailed information on selected operas, including libretti, in the original language only, source texts, performance histories, and synopses
Aria Database practical information for singers on over 1,000 arias, including opera title, composer, role, synopsis, vocal range and tessitura, MIDI file, a translation for most arias, and current recordings. Also searchable by name of role.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera^WC Brief entries on operas, operatic styles, opera history, and singers
Who's Who in Opera^WC Information on operatic characters, and synopses of opera plots
Opera vocal scores in the Music Library over 800 piano-vocal scores, alphabetic by composer.
Libretti in the Music Library over 230 librettos, most with translations. Also consult the booklets for Music Library opera CDs, most of which provide translations.

Art Song
Lied and Art Song Texts Page over 18,000 Lieder, art song, and choral texts, with nearly 5,000 translated into English. For each text, lists the author, with birth and death dates, and the composers who have set it to music. An invaluable resource.
Song of America on the history of American art song: composer biographies, essays, videos, and for selected songs, background info, sheet music, online recordings and music manuscripts
Collections of texts and translations in the Music Library over 50 books of song texts and translations. Also consult the booklets for Music Library CDs of songs, most of which provide translations

Jazz
Jazzsingers.com a collection of links to jazz singers's sites, New York City and Chicago scenes and jam sessions, new recordings and books, clubs and concert halls, and tour schedules
Vocal jazz at allmusic.com links to pages on major vocal jazz artists, each of which includes an overview, biography, and lists of recordings (many with audio clips), films/DVDs, songs, credits, and awards
Jazz vocals in the Music Library CDs, DVDs, scores and fake books, methods, and more

Musical Theater
Internet Broadway Database provides details of Broadway productions"from the beginnings of New York theatre until today." Complete cast lists, song lists, production credits and history
Musical heaven: celebrating the musicals of yesterday and today The "Musical Show Info, A-Z"section includes composer, lyricist, director, choreographer, cast list, plot summary, original cast recording, and complete song list for hundreds of shows
Musicals on CD in the Music Library over 130 recordings, complete shows and vocal selections
Musicals on DVD, VHS, and laser disc in Music and Clapp Libraries

Choral Music
Choral Public Domain Library over 8,000 free, public domain scores for choral works, in pdf format, many with MIDI audio files
Musica, the Virtual Choral Library a bibliographic database listing over 100,000 choral works: entries provide composer, arranger, publisher, title, genre and form, level of difficulty, voicing, language, century, instrumentation, and for some works, partial scores

Assistance
Need help finding recordings and scores? Want to know which online resources to use?
Contact Pamela Bristah by email or phone, 781-283-2076, or stop by the Music Library.