Opera in Video contains 42 videos, equalling 84 hours of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. The collection presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. Multiple performances and stagings worldwide of the major operas allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors.
Specially developed controlled vocabularies let users browse by composer, genre, performer, ensemble, time period, and role.
