Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias

"How does a singer find appropriate operatic music? The answer is both simple and complicated. The simple answer is to find arias and roles that are similar to those that are already comfortable to sing. The complicated answer is to sort through the vast number of composers, operas, roles, and arias, to find the ones that are suitable. The singer needs to be able to go beyond popular operatic anthologies, available recordings, popular artists, and arias assigned by voice teachers. Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias has been compiled to help the singer do just that -- to become an informed singer." - Introduction.