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This page is a '''guide to categorizing opera-related articles'''. [[WP:CATEGORY|Categories]] are sometimes implemented on Wikipedia in an ''ad hoc'' fashion, and can be erratic, with new ones appearing all the time. The [[Portal:Opera/Categories|Opera category tree]] contains all the currently existing categories and their sub-categories. (You can view the sub-categories by clicking on the '''[+]''' next to the category title.)
==Operas==
===Basic categories===
All opera title articles belong in:
*[[:Category:Operas]]. For further information see [[WP:DUPCAT|Non-diffusing subcategories]].
Operas are further categorized minimally by:
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*[[:Category:Operas by composer]]
;Genre
*[[:Category:Operas by genre]] (which should be plural and in the original language used in standard reference books to avoid confusion). For the purposes of Wikipedia (and indeed other encyclopedias such as [[Grove]]), operettas are considered a subcategory of operas, so, for example, ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' is in [[:Category:Operas]] as well as [[:Category:Operettas]].
;Language:
*[[:Category:Operas by language]]
;Year of premiere
*[[:Category:Operas by year]]
===Further categories===
Other categories include [[:Category:Operas by setting|Operas by setting]]; [[:Category:Operas by world premiere ___location|Operas by world premiere ___location]]; [[:Category:One-act operas|One-act operas]]; [[:Category:Unfinished operas|Unfinished operas ]]; [[:Category:Lost operas|Lost operas]]; [[:Category:Operas by source|Operas by source]] (for
===Category order===
In practice a single opera title article will have many category tags at the foot of the page. The order in which these appear generally starts with the most specific and ends with the most general. For example, ''[[Tosca]]'' belongs to the following categories:
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For typographical reasons [[WP:Stub|stub]] tags go two line spaces after category tags
==Opera singers==
In addition to [[:Category:People|general biographical categories]], opera singers are categorized by:
;Nationality:
[[:Category:Opera singers by nationality]]
;Voice
*[[:Category:Operatic sopranos]] • [[:Category:Operatic mezzo-sopranos]] • [[:Category:Operatic contraltos]] • [[:Category:Operatic countertenors]] • [[:Category:Operatic tenors]] • [[:Category:Operatic baritones]] • [[:Category:Operatic bass-baritones]] • [[:Category:Operatic basses]]▼
*All opera composers belong in [[:Category:Opera composers]]
*The main categories for other opera-related biographies are: [[:Category:Opera critics]] • [[:Category:Opera directors]] • [[:Category:Opera librettists]] • [[:Category:Opera managers]]▼
▲[[:Category:Opera critics]] • [[:Category:Opera directors]] • [[:Category:Opera librettists]] • [[:Category:Opera managers]]
▲[[:Category:Operatic sopranos]] • [[:Category:Operatic mezzo-sopranos]] • [[:Category:Operatic contraltos]] • [[:Category:Operatic countertenors]] • [[:Category:Operatic tenors]] • [[:Category:Operatic baritones]] • [[:Category:Operatic bass-baritones]] • [[:Category:Operatic basses]]
▲===Other categories===
(Forms of Chinese opera are listed under [[:Category:Performing arts]] not opera.)▼
===Category sorting===▼
==Other opera-related topics==
Articles which don't fall under any of the below topics can always be included (temporarily) in [[:Category:Opera]]. For further possible categories, see [[Portal:Opera/Categories|the full category tree]] for all opera-related articles.
'''Organizations and venues''' (When adding these, please check each category for the appropriate sub-category, if any)
The titles of articles are sorted omitting the definite or indefinite article such as "A", "The", "Le", "La", "Les", "Der", "Die", "Das", etc. This is done using a "Default sort" tag, which is placed before the categories. For example [[La naissance d'Osiris]] requires <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Naissance d'Osiris}}</nowiki>. That means that the opera will file under N and not under L, although the actual article title ("La naissance d'Osiris") will appear in the Category listing under N. ▼
*[[:Category:Opera houses]]
*[[:Category:Opera companies]]
*[[:Category:Opera festivals]].
*[[:Category:Opera organizations]] for associations such as [[Opera Europa]].
;Opera terms
▲*[[:Category:Opera terminology]] (
'''Audio and video recordings''' (on 78, LP, CD, DVD etc.)
Two other points here: first, the default sort title should always start with a capital letter, as lower-case initial letters are filed after upper-case Z; second, if there's a special character or accent early in the title, the default sort title should not contain the special character/accent, for a similar reason. So, in the same category, if "Zéphire" isn't changed to "Zefire", it would file after "Zwerg".▼
*[[:Category:Opera recordings]].
;Publishers
*[[:Category:Opera publishers]]
;Publications
*[[:Category:Opera publications]].
;Lists
*[[:Category:Opera-related lists]].
People have to be sorted in the same way, e.g. <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Verdi, Giuseppe}}</nowiki>, otherwise Verdi will appear under 'G' rather than 'V'.▼
To ensure that articles are listed in the correct order on their category pages, the {{tl|DEFAULTSORT}} tag needs to added at the beginning of the article's list of categories.
▲*The titles of articles are sorted omitting the definite or indefinite article such as "A", "The", "Le", "La", "Les", "Der", "Die", "Das", etc
*The default sort title should always start with a capital letter, as lower-case initial letters are filed after upper-case
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▲*People have to be sorted in the same way, e.g. <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Verdi, Giuseppe}}</nowiki>, otherwise Verdi will appear under
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