{{Infobox musical artist | name = Opera | image = | caption = | origin = [[Messina]], Italy | genre = Pop-rock | years_active = 1975–1985 | label = {{hlist|[[CBS Records International|CBS]]|[[EMI]]|[[Durium Records|Durium]]|Radio Records}} | associated_acts = [[Gens (band)|Gens]] | website = }} '''Opera''', also spelled as '''Gli Opera''', was an Italian pop-rock band, active between 1975 and 1985.
==Career== The group formed on the initiative of the singer Filiberto Ricciardi, following the dissolution of his previous group, [[Gens (band)|Gens]]. They debuted in the 1975 edition of [[Festivalbar]] with the song "Donna di chi", which briefly entered the Italian hit parade.<ref name="curcio">Enzo Giannelli. "Opera". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.</ref><ref name=music>{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|chapter=Opera|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}}</ref>
The band was entered into the main competition at the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1976|26th edition]] of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]], going to the finals and eventually ranking ninth with the song "L'ho persa ancora". The competed in the festival two more times, in 1979 and in 1981, with the songs "Il diario dei segreti" and "Guerriero".<ref name="curcio"/><ref name=music/>
The band was also active on stage, with the musical ''Aria, acqua, terra e fuoco'', where they performed songs from every era, including classical music, in a rock arrangement.<ref name="curcio"/><ref name=music/>
==Discography== ;Album
* 1981 – ''Le nostre canzoni'' (CBS)
;Singles
* 1975 – "Donna di chi" (CBS, 3260) * 1976 – "L'ho persa ancora" (CBS, 4042 / Peters International, PI 434) * 1976 – "Lei bambina lei signora" (EMI, 3C 006-18209) * 1977 – "Stelle su di noi" (Durium, LdAI 7980) * 1978 – "Re Salomone" (Durium, LdAI 8001) * 1979 – "Volare mai" (Durium, LdAI 8085) * 1979 – "Il diario dei segreti" (Durium, LdAI 8038) * 1980 – "Lascia che sia" (Durium, LdAI 8078) * 1981 – "Guerriero" (Radio Records, 7210) * 1981 – "Guai" (Radio Records, 7233)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{discogs artist|Gli Opera|Opera}}
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[[Category:Italian pop music groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1975]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1985]] [[Category:1975 establishments in Italy]] [[Category:1985 disestablishments in Italy]]