SITE DESIGN
ClassicalConcepts, Margo McLean, Creative Director

CREDITS
Portrait photographs of Ms. Eckhart by Lisa Kohler.
Performance photographs copyright New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Cairo Opera, Opera Carolina, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Connecticut Opera, L'Opéra de Monte Carlo, Opera Metropolitana, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

AUDIO / VIDEO
You need RealPlayer to play the streaming audio clips. If you do not have the Real plug-in, you can download the [FREE] version from www.real.com. Don't have RealPlayer? Click on and download the MP3 audio clip, which will play on the default player you have set to play audio on your computer. (Note: on dial-up connections, the M3 files will take up to 10-25 minutes to download.)

You also need the Real free player on your computer to view the streaming video.

BROWSERS
Netscape and Internet Explorer versions 5.x or higher, and Safari, are recommended to view this site. If viewing this site on AOL's browser and images appear fragmented, you may try changing your preferences to slower image download and better quality.

In addition to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript rollovers are used on this site; if you are on a dial-up connection, the images may take a little more time to download.

If you are having any problems viewing this site, find broken images or links that don't work, please feel free to email webmistress and tell us your browser, version and computer platform.

SOFTWARE
BBEdit 6.5, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe ImageReady 3.0, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, SoundEdit16 2.7 and Discreet Cleaner 6.

HARDWARE
This site was built entirely on a Macintosh Titanium Powerbook G4—a supportive prize from WNYC National Public Radio.