New to Opera?

Would you like to learn more about this beautiful art form but don’t know where to begin? Why not start here and learn the basics. Then, explore the site: watch, listen, and discover.

Opera for Beginners

Felix Grünschloß / Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

You have landed for the first time on a website devoted to opera. Where to begin?

Opera Spans Centuries

Karl and Monika Forster

More than four centuries, to be exact.

Opera, the Art of Emotions

Stofleth

We all have an idea of what an opera is. But what makes an opera an opera?

Opera Glossary

Philippe De Gobert

Your guide to navigating the world of opera.

Phantoms of the Opera

Monika Ritterhaus/ Pelléas et Mélisande, Komische Oper Berlin (2017)

Meet the spookiest characters on our platform.

Small dictionary of operatic devices: R is for RING

What does a ring mean to the wearer?

Summer hits: soprano

What do Violetta Valéry, Semele and Turandot have in common?

Summer hits: mezzo-soprano

What do Carmen, Rosina and Cherubino have in common?

Summer hits: tenor

What do Calaf, Radamès and Hoffmann have in common?

Summer hits: baritone and bass

What do Don Giovanni, Enrico Ashton and the Commendatore have in common?

Which famous soprano character are you?

Javier del Real

Violetta, Turandot, Semele or Lucia...

Which famous mezzo-soprano character are you?

Alastair Muir

Carmen, Rosina, Leonor or Dinah...

Which famous tenor character are you?

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Hoffman, Calaf, Radames or Siegfried?

Which famous baritone character are you?

Teatro Real

Enrico Ashton, Don Giovanni, Bánk bán or Papageno?

Dipartimento Canto e Teatro Musicale

Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an opera singer? Every year, aspiring singers from all over the world pursue their dreams by entering the Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito.