'''[title]''' (''[English title if needed]'') is an [[opera]] by [[composer]]].
[[Librettist]] wrote the [language used] [[libretto]] [after the book/play/epic poem by...]
General historical and musical context.
==Performance history==
==Roles==
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==Synopsis==
==Recordings== divided into audio and video (with catalogue numbers when possible)
==Bibliography== (including ISBN when possible)
==External links==
==Context and analysis==
==Recording history== recommended for articles on specific composers or for particularly well-known operas.
==References== with ISBN's where possible.
(==Notes== for [[Wikipedia:Inline citations|inline citations]] [[WP:CITE|citing format]])
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'''Name''' (dates) [was|is] a [[nation|nationality]] [[opera]]tic [[soprano|tenor|etc]]
[whose career spanned|who was closely associated with the roles|etc]
[one more additional descriptive line]
Links
==See also==
*[[Opera]]
==External links==
*[http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/scores.html Collection of public domain scores (Indiana U)]
*[http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page International Music Score Library Project]
*[http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/loebmusic/collections/digital.html Smaller collection of public domain scores (Harvard)]
*[http://metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/ Synopses (MET)]
*[http://www.opera-guide.ch/opern_komponisten.php?uilang=en&first-letter=A Collection of librettos and translations]
*[http://www.karadar.it/Operas/ Collection of librettos (Karadar)]
*[http://opera.stanford.edu/operas.html Collection of librettos (Stanford)]
*[http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=162&IDSezione=581 Verdi librettos]
*[http://www.rwagner.net/e-frame.html German/English Wagner librettos]
