About this site....

Overview:

Our goal is to provide lots of relevant information about operas and composers that is easily accessible and loads FAST. I'm not a graphics designer so you won't find glitzy graphics and brain-numbing Flash animations. Most pages contain about 40K of images. The pages should load quickly, even with a dialup account.

You can search by composer name (last, first, or both) or opera title.

If you are new to opera, and not quite sure what you're looking for, we suggest you try the 'Quick Picks' page for starters. Lots of categories to choose from...organized into logical groupings. It will also give you and idea of what other site visitors are interested in (take a look at 'Your Favorites' and 'Amazon Favorites').

Our 'Quick Picks' page features a section titled Phils' Favorites. These ratings are based on a terrific booked titled 'Ticket to the Opera' by Phil G. Goulding. This is a great book -- especially for people who are new to opera.

If you are concerned about 'Cookies' then see our Privacy page regarding how cookies are used on this site.

About our commerce links -- Near the bottom of most pages you will find links (for CDs, DVDs, sheetmusic, etc.) to Amazon and SheetMusicPlus plus Google Ads. We encourage you to show your support for this site by clicking on those links if you are interested in making a purchase online. Yes, we receive a small percentage of each sale, which is used to pay for server charges, etc. In reality, that pays for a couple of cheeseburgers every now and then. I'm not planning to quit my day gig any time soon. You will note that we placed the commerce links and ad banners at the BOTTOM of each resource page, unlike some commerce-driven sites that bombard you with ad banners and CD cover images at the tops of each page.