The Summer update toOxford’s Grove Music Online is now available. Focusing exclusively on opera, this update continues to enhance Grove coverage with nearly 450 new and revised articles on both operas and opera singers, primarily from the recently published and critically-lauded Grove Book of Opera Singers (2009).
The newest addition to the Tools and Resources page along with the index of opera roles helps guide users through this update, allowing you to browse major opera roles from A to Z with ease. This navigational tool also includes hyperlinks to the operas, composers, and singers.
New and Revised Biographies of Opera Singers
Easily accessible via search and browse, the updated and revised biographies of opera singers include popular singers such as Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, and Italian alto castrato, Senesino.
- Emmeline, by Tobias Picker
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Poul Ruders
- Sophie’s Choice, by Nicholas Maw
- The Death of Klinghoffer, by John Adams