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Operabase is an online database of opera performances, opera houses and companies, and performers themselves as well as their agents. Found at operabase.com, it was created in 1996 by English software engineer and opera lover Mike Gibb.〔Edward Schneider (29 July 2001), ("Singing and Their Suppers" ), ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 13 May 2011.〕 Initially a hobby site, it became his full-time occupation after three years.〔Charlotte Higgins, (, "Operabase.com" ), ''The Guardian'' (London). Retrieved 20 November 2013〕 Opera magazine describes the Operabase website as "the most comprehensive source of data on operatic activity".〔 〕 ==The public site== By its tenth anniversary, the site received "about 10,000 visitors a day to the public site, who look at over four million pages a month between them. Of these, fewer than half use English, 17% use German, 12% Italian, 10% French, 9% Spanish."〔 In autumn 2006, the British magazine ''Opera Now'' reported that "Operabase has taken on the Herculean task of making (site ) available to every European Union citizen in their own language - not only the 21 (as at January 2007) official languages of the EU, but Catalan, Icelandic and Norwegian as well."〔Kenneth Richardson, "Net Results: Operabase, the internet tool for opera lovers and professionals, is ten years old. Kenneth Richardson talks to computer wiz and opera lover Mike Gibb about the journey so far and his ambitious plans to develop the site in future", ''Opera Now'' (London), Sept/Oct 2006.〕 As of November 2012, the free public area of the site is available in 22 languages, and includes 37,000 performances, 40,000 artists, 700 opera companies, festivals and theatres, and the contact details and rosters of 400 artist managers. 〔(Operabase.com website ) Retrieved 13 November 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operabase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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