Resources

Area Opera Companies
Opera Roanoke, performing at the Jefferson Center, Roanoke

New Lyric Theatre, Charlottesville

Ashlawn-Highland Opera Festival performing at the home of James Monroe near Monticello

Paramount Theatre, Charlottesville

Wolf Trap Opera Company, performing at the Wolf Trap Center in Fairfax

Virginia Opera, performing in Norfolk, Richmond and Fairfax

Washington National Opera

Greensboro Opera Company

La Boheme

Resources for performances:

Seating Chart - EC Glass High School Auditorium

Seating Chart - Academy of Fine Arts,
Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre

Lynchburg Accommodations

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Web resources for understanding and exploring opera:

An amateur website, jrabold.net, lists the dates and times, with links, of webcasts of NPR''s weekly World of Opera.

Seattle Opera maintains on-demand webcasting at www.king.org.

www.AllAboutOpera.com: provides information about operas, composers, reviews, upcoming performances, and new CD releases.

Opera on the James Opera 101 study guide (.pdf)

Discovering opera and the Metropolitan Opera: www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/discover/

For producers, performers, and afficianados: www.OperaAmerica.org

Opera America's Online Learning Program: www.operaamerica.org/audiences/lifelong/distance.html
Courses include written materials, multimedia, and message boards. There is a $10 course registration fee.

Barnes & Noble University occasionally offers a free online class called "Overture to Opera." (Look under the "Liberal Arts" section.)