Chelsea's+Wiki

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Abstract
An interactive History of Opera with an emphasis on its role in society. Broken up into time periods: origins and early Opera's, Baroque, Romantic, Modern and Contemporary. The purpose is to provide context for the art form, an introduction to the better known operas and composers so as to promote Opera as entertainment. The site will be full of music and movie clips, links to relevant articles and biographies. I want the user to have fun and be entertained. The user profile to be targeted is people with little understanding of Opera but to also be a useful and fun reference point for people already familiar with the art form.



Statement of Interest
I am an Opera singer as well as a designer. For me Opera is a well of emotional and intellectual wealth. I want to share that. Opera is more work as both a performer and an audience member than musical theater but I believe the rewards are greater too. Why is it so important to sing? Because speaking is too limited? Sometimes man needs more than just words to convey meaning and that is why opera is important and should be promoted. I like interactive education sites where the information is concise and intriguing with lots of little tid-bitty facts.





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Competitors
[|http://opera.stanford.edu/] Stanford University's Opera website focus' on providing the user with access to information pertaining to opera's. It's target audience is people already familiar with opera and who have a good idea what they are looking for.

[[image:OperaGlass.png height="290"]]
[|www.operabase.com] Opera Base is a great tool for Opera aficionados to keep up with great and upcoming productions around the world.



[|www.operaamerica.org] Is a Magazine website that focus' on the state of Opera in America, it also includes information about Musical Theater. It collects articles from other publications concerning Opera.

[[image:OperaAmer.png height="318"]]
[|www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public] Subscription based encyclopedic database of Classical music.



Inspiration
[| http://www.polishhomefoundation.org/events/Olbinski/Opera_gallery1.htm] []



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