Resources for Singers: IPA: Operas and Oratorios

IPA Resources

3 Online IPA Tools

IPA Chart with Sounds
Select a phonetic sign and hear what it sounds like. There are other useful charts on this website, too.

IPA Fonts from the International Phonetic Association
If you need to add IPA symbols to a document, check out this page for how to do get the fonts you need.

English Language Club on YouTube
This video channel explains the uses of IPA and also examples of phonetics in action. The sound quality isn't always the best, but the content's pretty solid.

Nico Castel Libretto Series

	The libretti of Mozart’s completed operas : in two volumes Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c1997-c1998. Reference FOLIO ML49.M83 C315 1997
	The complete Verdi libretti : in four volumes Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c1994-c1996. Reference FOLIO ML49.V45 C372 1994
	The complete Puccini libretti Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c1993-c1994. Reference ML49.P75 C37 1994
	French Opera Libretti Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c1999- Reference FOLIO ML48 .F875 1999
	Italian verismo opera libretti : in two volumes Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c2000- Reference FOLIO ML48 .I884 2000
	Italian belcanto libretti Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, c2000-2002. Reference FOLIO ML48 .I84 2000

Other Classic IPA and Translation Texts

	Phonetic readings of songs and arias : authentic pronunciation of 413 Italian, German, and French lyrics from "The singer's repertoire" in international phonetic alphabet transcription / by Berton Coffin Boulder, Colo. : Pruett Press, 1964 REFERENCE MT883 .C63
	Word-by-word translations of songs and arias / by Berton Coffin, Werner Singer [and] Pierre Delattre. New York : Scarecrow Press, 1966-72. REFERENCE ML54.6 .W65
	Russian songs & arias : phonetic readings, word-by-word translations, and a concise guide to Russian diction / Jean Piatak, Regina Avrashov. Dallas : Pst...Inc., c1991. REFERENCE ML54.6 .R87 1991

IPA Call Numbers

Opera translation collections are available in ML 48.

Opera and musical theatre libretti are available in ML 50.

Song translation collections are available in ML 54.6.