Alison Jones' Opera Plot Summaries: many synopses included that are nowhere else on the web

Baby Doe: a Colorado legend, her life, that of Horace and Augusta Tabor, and the opera by Douglas Moore

Center for Contemporary Opera - dedicated to the creation and performance of contemporary American opera and opera in English; sponsors International Opera Singers Competition with no age limit

Classical Singer - membership required to access most features; a magazine, several directories, forums, store, classified ads and more; worth a look by the serious singer

Denver Lyric Opera Guild - offers an annual competition for Colorado Singers, awards scholarships to voice students in colleges and universities in Colorado, and provides continuing education of members in the appreciation and knowledge of opera

Guide to Opera on CD: Ed Boxer's recommendations; prefers the recordings of the great voices of the 50's, 60's and 70's

Metropolitan Opera National Council; Rocky Mountain Region- annual auditions for young singers, beginning with auditions in the Colorado-Wyoming district or the Utah District

National Association of Teachers of Singing- an association of teachers of singing, with over 5,000 members; encourages the highest standards of singing through excellence in teaching and the promotion of vocal education and research; Colorado and Wyoming Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing - a listing of NATS teachers in the two states and audition guidelines

National Center for Voice and Speech: located in Denver, an inter-disciplinary, multi-site team investigating voice and speech; see their recommendations on voice warm-up and programs for singers

Opera America - provides a variety of informational, technical, and administrative resources to the greater opera community; its fundamental mission is to promote opera as exciting and accessible to individuals from all walks of life; membership includes 169 Company Members around the world, plus over 290 Affiliate and Business Members, and 2,000 Individual Members from 48 US states, 7 Canadian provinces, and 19 countries abroad, representing Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and South America

Operacast: Schedule of opera broadcasts on the Internet from all over the world

Opera Glass: by Rick Bogart; one of the longest lived and still one of the best sites for diverse opera information

Opera News - a publication of the Metropolitan Opera Guild; the essential magazine for opera professionals and opera buffs alike; costing only $22 per year, it is a super-bargain

Opera in Old Colorado: opera in Colorado in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the houses where they were performed

Opera e-Libretto: Ulric Voyer's collection and links to other sites with libretti

OperaStuff: biographies of singers and links to opera companies, classical singer resources, and forums

Tabor Opera House: built in Leadville in 1879 by H.A.W. Tabor; newspapers of the day acclaimed it "the largest and best West of the Mississippi!"

U.S. Opera: information about American composers and their operas by Christopher Hapka

Vocal Arts Symposium - vocal training and career guidance; July and August at Colorado College; a diverse staff of ten directed by Martile Rowland