Style/Specific types of releases/Opera
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This guideline describes how Opera Tracks should be formatted:
opera_name[, catalogue ###]: Act XX[, Scene XX]. [performance_type] "name_of_the_song" [(character1, character2, ...)]
All the parts in brackets are optional, but if they are mentioned on the printed cover, they should be included.
- The catalogue number is traditionally not included (but the ClassicalTrackTitleStyle will allow for it).
- Act number and Scene number are upper-case roman numerals (e.g. I, II, III, IV, ...).
- The performance type can be: Aria, Duettino, Recitativo, Chorus...
- The name of the song is usually the first words of the part; enclosed in double quotes. The exact words used can differ from one release to another. Follow what the printed release says.
- The character names are in parentheses and separated by commas. Note these are character names, not performer (artist) names.
[edit] Simple Examples
Full details including catalogue number, performance type, and character names:
- Don Giovanni, Op. 500: Act I, Scene III. Duettino "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
Somewhere in the middle:
- Don Giovanni, Op. 500: Act I, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
- Don Giovanni, Op. 500: Act I, Scene III. Duettino "Là ci darem la mano"
- Don Giovanni, Op. 500: Act I, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano"
- Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene III. Duettino "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
- Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
- Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene III. Duettino "Là ci darem la mano"
Bare essentials, without catalogue number, performance type, or character names:
- Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano"
Special case: the Prelude or instrumental parts:
- Don Giovanni: Act III. Prelude
- Don Giovanni: Act III, Scene II. An Instrumental Part
[edit] Complex Examples
Another part in the same scene:
- Don Giovanni: Act IV, Scene II. "Là ci darem la mano" - "Another song in the same scene"
- Don Giovanni: Act IV, Scene II. An Instrumental Part - "Là ci darem la mano"
Another part in a different scene:
- Don Giovanni: Act III, Scene I. "Là ci darem la mano" / Act III, Scene II. "Another song in a different scene"
- Don Giovanni: Act III, Scene I. "Là ci darem la mano" / Act III, Scene II. An Instrumental Part in a Different Scene
Another part in a different act:
- Don Giovanni: Act II, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano" / Act III, Scene I. "Another song in a different act"
- Don Giovanni: Act II, Scene III. "Là ci darem la mano" / Act III. Prelude
[edit] Examples in the Database
- Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus feat. conductor: James Levine)
- Here is an example where the Acts were not mentioned on the cover: Opera Arias by Anne Sofie von Otter
