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Opera history: Origins of opera • Italian opera • Opera in German • French opera • Opera in English • Polish opera • Russian opera • Hungarian opera • Armenian opera • Opera in Latin America Opera genres: Azione teatrale· Ballad opera· Comédie en vaudevilles· Comédie mêlée d'ariettes· Dramma giocoso· Dramma per musica· Farsa· Festa teatrale· Género chico· Grand Opera· Music Drama· Opéra-ballet· Opera buffa· Opéra bouffe· Opéra bouffon· Opéra comique· Opéra féerie· Opera semiseria· Opera seria· Operetta· Pastorale héroïque· Romantische Oper· Savoy opera· Semi-opera· Singspiel· Spieloper· Tragédie en musique· Verismo· Zarzuela· Zeitoper

Opera terms: Aria· Aria di sorbetto· Arioso· Bel canto· Breeches role· Burletta· Cabaletta· Cadenza· Cantabile· Castrato· Cavatina· Chest voice· Claque· Coloratura· Comprimario· Convenienze· Coup de glotte· Da capo aria· Diva· Entr'acte· Fach· Falsetto· Fioritura· Gesamtkunstwerk· Head voice· Intermezzo· Kammersänger· Leitmotif· Legato· Libretto· Literaturoper· Mad scene· Maestro· Melodrama· Melodramma· Monodrama· Messa di voce· Opera house· Passaggio· Portamento· Prima donna· Prompter· Recitative· Regietheater· Répétiteur· Sitzprobe· Spinto· Sprechgesang· Squillo· Stagione· Surtitles· Tessitura· Timbre· Vibrato

Opera voices: Baritenor·Baritone·Bass·Bass-baritone·Coloratura soprano·Contralto·Countertenor·Dramatic soprano·Haute-contre·Lyric soprano·Mezzo-soprano·Soprano·Soubrette·Spinto soprano·Tenor·Tenore contraltino·Tenore di grazia

Opera lists: Opera topics • List of operas by composer • Important operas • Major opera composers • Opera librettists • Opera houses • Opera companies • Opera festivals • Opera directors • Operetta composers • Orphean operas • Zarzuela composers • Opera genres • Operas set in the Crusades • The Record of Singing • Bayreuth canon