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*[[: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 thoseoperas whose libretti are based on plays, novels, films, etc.)

===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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==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]]

==Other opera people==

===Composers, critics, directors, librettists and managers===

*All opera composers belong in [[:Category:Opera composers]]., (Separatealthough categoriesthey formay composersalso ofappear differentin genresother of[[:Category:Composer|other operacomposer are nocategories]] longeras usedwell.)

*The main categories for other opera-related biographies are: [[:Category:Opera critics]] • [[:Category:Opera directors]] • [[:Category:Opera librettists]] • [[:Category:Opera managers]]

==Other opera-related articles==

[[:Category:Opera critics]] • [[:Category:Opera directors]] • [[:Category:Opera librettists]] • [[:Category:Opera managers]]

Articles which don't fall under any of the below topics can always be included (temporarily) in [[:Category:Opera]].

'''Organizations and venues''' (When adding these, please check each category for the appropriate sub-category, if any)

===Singers===

*[[:Category:Opera houses]]

Singers are categorized by nationality, ie, [[:Category:French opera singers]] etc, and by voice:

*[[:Category:Opera companies]]

*[[:Category:Opera festivals]].

*[[:Category:Opera organizations]] for associations such as [[Opera Europa]].

;Opera terms

*[[:Category:Opera terminology]] (Formsnote that forms of [[Chinese opera]] are listed under [[:Category:Performing arts]] not opera.)

'''Audio and video recordings''' (on 78, LP, CD, DVD etc.)

[[: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]]

*[[:Category:Opera recordings]].

;Publishers

*[[:Category:Opera publishers]]

;Publications

*[[:Category:Opera publications]].

;Lists

*[[:Category:Opera-related lists]].

===OtherCategory categories=sorting==

There are three main categories for opera organizations: [[:Category:Opera houses]] (sub-categorised by country), [[:Category:Opera companies]] and [[:Category:Opera festivals]]. (Opera houses may also be found in other categories, such as city, e.g. [[:Category:Milan]], and buildings, e.g. [[:Category:Buildings and structures in Vienna]].) Associations etc. are under [[:Category:Opera organizations]].

Opera terms are categorized under: [[:Category:Opera terminology]]. Audio and video recordings of opera on 78, LP, CD, DVD etc. are categorized under: [[:Category:Opera recordings]]. Publishers are under [[:Category:Opera publishers]], and publications under [[:Category:Opera publications]]. Topics which don't fall under any of the above can always be included (temporarily) in [[:Category:Opera]]. Lists of opera-related items are categorised in [[:Category:Opera-related lists]].

There is also a partially-implemented family of categories taking the form <nowiki>[[Category:YYYY operas]]; these form sub-categories of [[Category:NNth century operas]]</nowiki>. These are usually years of first performances.

(Forms of Chinese opera are listed under [[:Category:Performing arts]] not opera.)

===Category sorting===

'''Alphabetical order in the listing of operas/people'''