http://china.pages.com.cn/chinese_culture/opera/opera.html A history of Chinese opera. http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/Asian/OpProg2.html A brief history. http://members.tripod.com/~dorakmt/music/opera.html Overview of the development of the operatic form. http://www.historicopera.com/ Archived images of historic opera singers, composers, and set designs. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/9171 An opera reference site featuring early opera and composer postcards and photographs as well as opera singer listings. http://www.metopera.org/history/ A history of one of the world's leading opera companies. http://home.prcn.org/~pauld/opera/ A history of opera as shown on postage stamps of the world. http://www.royalopera.org/Education/EdOpera/OperaThroughTime/OperaThroughTime.htm Several articles on the history of opera. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/threetenors/time-content.html A chronology of important dates in the history of opera. http://russia-in-us.com/Music/Opera/ A brief history and some musical samples. http://tenorland.com/ Historical information on famous tenors from the past. http://archivio.opera.it/English/Storia/Storia.html A semiserious romp through the history of opera. http://okok.essortment.com/historyoperetta_rfpn.htm Brief article on this comic operatic tradition. http://www.divalegacy.com/ Opera's recorded legacy. Articles and surveys of aria recordings especially from the coloratura repertoire. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/spectop001.html A history of the development of the comic opera. http://www.hapka.com/usopera/timeline.html A chronology of important dates in the history of American opera.