Obvious reasons why opera is hard to study.
There are likely to be few or no recordings of a less famous opera. To really know an opera you have to see it, at least on video. Staging an opera is complex & expensive, whereas an art song only requires a piano and a singer.
The scores are harder to find as well, for less than famous ones.
The opera is long and complex as a form, and the relation between the original play (or the libretto in some cases) is a complex one as well. Opera takes an already total art form (theater) and makes it even more so, with more complex music.
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