Research Guides: Voice and Opera: Video and Audio

Video Resources

medici.tv
Live performances of classical music. Includes concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master classes and jazz programs.
Met Opera on Demand
Online access to 550 full-length performances from the Metropolitan Opera. Includes interviews with artists, composers, conductors, and others associated with an individual production.
Digital Theatre+
Videos of live theatre performances as well as insights from behind the scenes. Also included are educational resources from leading practitioners and academics.
Broadway On Demand (Alexander Street)
The Broadway on Demand Collection provides access to live performances of musicals, plays, and contemporary dance performances, as well as behind-the-scenes series, documentaries, and masterclasses.
BroadwayHD Academic (Alexander Street)
BroadwayHD offers live theatre performances online, extending the reach of Broadway and Broadway-caliber shows to anyone, anywhere.
Operavision
Live-streaming and archived operas, concerts, and competitions from major companies and performance venues in Europe.

Music Online: Opera in Video
Music Online: Opera in Video contains five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.

Music Online: Classical Music in Video
Music Online: Classical Music in Video will contain 1,000 hours of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video—approximately 1,500 performances in all. The collection will contain performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers from around the world.

Audio Resources

Aria Code
The Metropolitan Opera's podcast collaboration with WQXR and WNYC studios. Each episode is focused on a single opera and boasts a star-studded lineup of guests.

Music Online: Listening (Alexander Street)
Collection of Classical music records featuring music from the earliest times to the present.
Naxos Music Library
Comprehensive streaming audio database for classical repertoire.

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Finding Sound and Video Recordings at CU Boulder

The Howard B. Waltz Music Library is home to tens of thousands of sound and video recordings. The best way to find them is by searching the library catalog. Enter keywords for ensembles, performers, or composition title.