# Talk:Jahrhundertring

I can't figure out what this lede sentence means:

The festival direction under Wolfgang Wagner won a French team of conductor Pierre Boulez, stage director Patrice Chéreau, stage designer Richard Peduzzi, costume designer Jacques Schmidt and lighting designer André Diot.
How did the festival direction "win" a French team? Phlar (talk) 18:01, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

You're right, Phlar.  We changed it in two places.  W Wagner's article says he had total control of the Bayreuth Festival, so he chose all the players.  --96.231.113.61 (talk) 21:52, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Gerda, here are a few simple suggestions which come to mind:

The statement "Chéreau ignored the composer's detailed scenic instructions" makes sense, though it's not something we appear to touch on in the body; I'd suggest adding a bit about that.
the production critically treated topics such as capitalism, industrialism, and spiritual background. – Hmm, what's meant by "spiritual background"? I've taken a guess in the lead; would just "spirituality" work (or is it something a bit more specific that I'm missing)?
I'd suggest giving a quick explanation of Regietheater (either in or out of brackets), in the lead and in the body.
Chéreau brought in the team of stage designer Richard Peduzzi, costume designer Jacques Schmidt and lighting designer André Diot, with whom he had collaborated already in his first theatre, the Public-Theatre in the Parisian suburb of Sartrouville, from 1966. – By "whom", do we mean all three, or just Diot? Y
The first sentence in the "Singers" section and the last paragraph in the same section (after the table) seem as though they should be sourced.
The French team revolutionised the understanding of Wagner in Germany, as music critic Eleonore Büning wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. – This strikes me as though it might be a slightly bold statement for us to make in Wikipedia's voice (as the phrasing implies that we agree with Büning's assessment). It might be better to attribute the statement directly to Büning (for example, "According to music critic Eleonore Büning, ...", or "In the view of music critic Eleonore Büning, ..."). Would it also be more accurate to say that "the production revolutionised the understanding of ...", rather than specifically the team? Y
While a DVD review of the BBC criticised Boulez's – I'd suggest referring instead to the name of the author (Michael Tanner), including a link (eg.: "While opera critic Michael Tanner criticised ..."). Y
It's an interesting article and pleasant read. I'll leave the suggestions here so as not to encroach too much upon the GA review, but I'd certainly be happy to have a more careful read over the article sometime in the future if you wanted. – Michael Aurel (talk) 10:21, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your effort, and I'll get to it after making a Recent deaths article better sourced (hopefully) and adding to Easter Oratorio (because Easter comes soon, while Bayreuth is in August ;) ). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:08, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
I marked a few where I could do at least a bit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 2 April 2025 (UTC)