Wikipedia:Naming conventions (operas)
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This page documents an English Wikipedia naming convention. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page. |
- The name of the opera should be in its original language except:
- When the opera is commonly known in English-speaking nations by another title (i.e. The Marriage of Figaro).
- When the opera's full original title is widely known in an abbreviated form (i.e. I Lombardi).
- Capitalization
- If the opera's title is rendered in its original language, capitalization should follow the usage in the most recent editions of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
- If the opera's title is rendered in English, use standard English usage.
- Disambiguation
- In order to avoid ambiguity, the word opera is added to the title in parentheses, so for example Macbeth (opera) refers to the work by Verdi to distinguish it from Macbeth which is the play by Shakespeare.
- If there are two (or more) operas with the same title, the second (and subsequent) works take the name(s) of the composer(s) in parentheses, so for example Otello (Rossini) is differentiated from the more famous opera of Verdi which is simply Otello.
