Opera does not export bookmarks by default since version 12. To do that you need an extension. I recommend 'V7 Bookmarks'. Its an excellent bookmarks sidebar extension for Opera and also allows you to do other things, like export bookmarks. Can't help you with the crashing issue though.
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