| M1500 | Operas - full score |
| M1503 | Operas - vocal scores |
| M1507 | Anthologies of arias |
Full score
A score that contains the entire opera, including the overture and any instrumental sections, with all the orchestra parts notated.
Vocal score
A score that contains all the vocal parts with a piano reduction of the orchestra part. Vocal scores usually also include piano reductions for the overture and instrumental sections.
Opera vocal scores in the Music Library - over 800 piano-vocal scores, alphabetic by composer.
Anthology
A collection of arias from different operas. Anthologies typically gather arias for a particular vocal range, but may also be organized around a particular era or genre.