Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Article styles and formats

Here are some suggested structures:

Introduction: name, language, composer, librettist, general historical and musical context.

==Performance history== from premiere(s) to the present day

==Roles== possibly in tabular form giving name, description, voice type and creator of each role.

==Synopsis== (including noted arias formatted as in Un ballo in maschera, without title translation, or Turandot, with title translation.)

==Recordings== divided into audio and video (with catalogue numbers when possible)

==Bibliography== for printed works (including ISBN when possible)

==External links== for online resources

For articles that are aiming at either good article or featured article status, the following extra sections are recommended.

==Context and analysis== - puts the work in context and provides a certain degree of sourced analysis.

==Recording history== - recommended for articles on specific composers or for particularly well-known operas.

==References== - provides details of the sources used for the article, with ISBNs where possible.

An extra section entitled Notes for inline citations may also be helpful, depending upon what citing format is being used.