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Talk:Richard Shakespeare

message: Famous as the grandfather of William Shakespeare, he's not really a historical figure of importance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:810D:22C0:1AA4:A1E2:6D47:F375:304D (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As he has been given attention by the reliable sources—as are most things even tangentially related to Shakespeare—he merits coverage on Wikipedia. --Xover (talk) 06:30, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this farmer need an entry?
Talk:Angelina Maccarone

message: this section might be in need of some content editing... It does not seem to give much *relevant* information?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:3035:815:176B:1:0:91D5:27F2 (talk) 16:36, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  chapter 'Charlotte Rampling: The Look (2011)'
Talk:Salad days

message: I love Wikipedia! I've been meaning to look up this term for *years*!! David Dawkins, UK 82.153.201.50 11:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

message: I don't get this part.  Anyone? --Michael C. Price talk 23:59, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cold in blood

message: Do we really need every single use of the term "salad days" in the lyrics of songs or in TV shows? The first paragraph of the article indicates that it is an expression in modern use. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 13:51, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  music section and film/TV section really needed?
Talk:Antigonae

message: I believe the "ae" in "Antigonae" is a digraph, as used by Orff, and I believe the title is not "Antigonae" but "Antigonae-Legend," as it appears on the score and multi-LP set. It is worth doing some research (and discussion here) before page moves such as these. Badagnani (talk) 03:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I did the research: Erik Levi in Grove gives Antigonae. He may of course be wrong or the æ might just be a typographers decoration. If you have access to a library you can check W Keller Carl Orffs Antigonae (Mainz 1950). That's close to the premiere so it should be reliable. --Kleinzach 03:42, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

text: If you think 'Antigonæ' is authoritative I don't have any objection to you moving it. In any case it will create a useful redirect. --Kleinzach 04:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Page move
Talk:War and Peace (opera)

message: Following the Zhdanov decree of February 1948, Prokofiev started work on a shortened single-evening version of the opera ...
:We don't say that any earlier version was staged over more than one evening, so I don't quite see the relevance of these words.  --  JackofOz (talk) 00:49, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Single-evening version?

message: The old page is now a redirect.
The correct base URL is now https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iulibraries/s/operatv/page/home
but that lacks search parameters needed to drill down to the specific video and cast.
I intend to return to this and fix but anyone else is welcome to beat me to it :) Mdseattle (talk) 03:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  URL for Indiana U. opera video page for cast of 1957 NBC TV needs updating
Talk:Manon Lescaut (Puccini)

message: The "A vast plain near the outskirts of New Orleans" derives from an unfortunate translation in an English edition of the libretto. The Italian says "Una landa sterminata sui confini del territorio della Nuova Orleans", which doesn't suggest a desert at all.  Later, when Manon sings "E nel profondo deserto io cado", the Italian word "deserto" does not connote an arid sandy place in the same way the English word "desert" does.
For decades, this bad translation has invited wry comments about the lack of anything resembling a desert anywhere near New Orleans.  I substituted a more accurate translation to forestall unnecessary confusion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iglew (talk • contribs) 07:03, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like a good idea to me. You might want to explain this in a footnote since a lot of people may still be familiar with the 'desert'. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:19, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Still, since a lot of the third act is spent looking in vain for water, it seems that a desert in the sense of "arid place" really is meant. Angr (talk) 17:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: "Desert"

message: I don't have the score to hand, but do I remember correctly that the "singer" in Act 2 should actually be "Musico"? almost-instinct 09:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Little query about role 

message: if a moder performance history were put, not just late 19th century. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 02:04, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, how about doing some research, providing references to reliable sources, and adding them in??  It's "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit" - but do please try to get your spelling correct. Viva-Verdi (talk) 03:45, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  it would be great 

message: 
It was unclear to me why  (see box) has been removed from most Puccini opera pages, since I did not see any discussion. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There's already a horizontal template at the bottom of the articles with links to all his operas, and has been for some time, so the links aren't gone, just in a different format. Voceditenore (talk) 14:27, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  In my opinion the former one was more useful - I see it was yours--Michael Goodyear (talk) 17:12, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, Michael Goodyear, I'm not following you when you say "I see it was yours". I didn't create the above vertical navbox nor the horizontal one nor  which is now at the head of the article. Voceditenore (talk) 08:29, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  My mistake --Michael Goodyear (talk) 18:51, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puccini opera template
Talk:Marguerite Namara

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
Could use some citations as references, but the Sources list is extensive. Definitely a B.
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 05:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Blind Snakes

message: This article was moved to Blind Snakes to fit the new structure which was designed to create a larger, more convient article.
§→Nikro 06:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please look up WP:TOL and WP:AAR. There are well established conventions for article naming. There was already a suitably named article called Blind snake which covered the paraphyletic nature of the group. This article will need to be merged to Blind snake unless there is a demonstrable value to naming it this way. Shyamal 15:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Convience
Talk:Servilia (opera)

message: So now Wiki-madness has reached the point where we remove a quote from Grove, because... the article's too short. Wikibreak, here I come! Dekkappai 23:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the face of it, I see no reason why this quotation has been removed.  Certainly no valid reason has been offered, so I would support its return.... Viva-Verdi (talk) 21:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When you restored the quotation, you did not include a rationale yourself. The commands to automatically restore a previous version don't always allow for someone to give a reason, so I apologize for missing that.  I had originally removed the quotation some while back (see history), with the justification that the brevity of the article caused the quotation to leave an impression of onesidedness, i.e., POV.  If there could be some other information or another writer's comment to balance it, that would work. Mademoiselle Fifi (talk) 13:10, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing information
Talk:Le comte Ory

message: Given that its revival in English-speaking countries ebgan with Glyndebourne's mod 1950s production, which was recorded, it's odd not to find that mentioned.Delahays (talk) 16:56, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to recordings table. --GuillaumeTell 17:31, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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thread_title:  [[:File:Le comte Ory - Dubois & chez Martinet - Final scene.jpg]] scheduled for POTD
Talk:Otello (Rossini)

message: Didn't this opera have the subtitle Il Moro di Venezia?  If so, shouldn't the article include the subtitle? Robert K S (talk) 15:31, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subtitle 

message: What is the librettist's name? "Francesco... di " or "Francesco... di "? As I checked out his name on some other Wikis, the last name is not alike! — Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:26, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The librettist 

message: The redirect Otello(Rossini) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Steel1943 (talk) 19:45, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Otello(Rossini)]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:The Kiss (opera)

message: The Operabase link is not quite accurate as the first one is actually Béla Zerkovitz's Csókos asszony at the Budapest Operetta Theatre...  Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 21:30, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Csókos asszony aka The Kissing Lady.  The term 'The Kiss' is being matched in the 'The Kissing Lady'.  I've added |composer=Smetana to restrict the results to Smetana's opera. Scarabocchio (talk) 06:52, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operabase
Talk:Elektra (opera)

message: only the Kramer theory makes it look like it is the dominant theory and approach to character in this opera. It is not, nor is it in Salome. It needs more context and contrast. Having one theorist means nothing. As in all Strauss, the psychological elements are meant to provoke and so there are many approaches and opinions. This needs to be made clear if there is to be a Criticism section. (Personally, I think that Kramer theory is so reductionist for something so emotionally deep and real.) --scazza (talk) 15:53, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm moving this back here to get more exposure and because it's not an assessment. --Kleinzach 04:25, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism

message: "Klytaemnestra (Clytemnestra), helped by her paramour Aegisth (Aegisthus), has secured the murder of her husband, Agamemnon, and now is afraid that her guilt will be discovered by her children"
This isn't accurate.  The children know about the guilt perfectly well and two of them want to kill her for it; that's the whole point of the plot.
CharlesTheBold (talk) 03:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in plot summary 

message: When I came to this site, I wanted to see Electra - not the f… boring composer. It is simply ridiculous that every opera by Strauss is illustrated by Mr. Strauss himself. I want to see ELEKTRA - but NOT Mr. Strauss.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 23:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Great idea. I'll give you a hi-five if you find a copyright free image of Elektra. It would make the article a lot better. --Shabidoo | Talk 02:26, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:   Horrible Pic 

message: Looking at Salome, I suggest something like this, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! I think this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marianne_Ekl%C3%B6f_as_Klytaemnestra_in_Elektra_and_the_Royal_Swedish_Opera_choir_2009.jpg looks better as thumbnail. There are several others https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elektra_(opera) Talk to SageGreenRider 14:47, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox? 

message: A specific chord used as a motif in one piece doesn't need its own article unless significant discussion exists about it, which this one doesn't have. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:36, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Elektra chord]] into [[Elektra (opera)]]
Talk:Feuersnot

message: A couple of points. First, the opera was successful in its performances in Dresden and Vienna: the problem came when it was performed in  Berlin and the Empress took a dislike to its bawdy nature.  Kaiser Wilhelm then banned it after only a few performances and it has remained largely unperformed since then (the details are in Norman del Mar volume 1 (second edition) page 236). 
It should be pointed out that the librettist Ernst von Wolzogen went on to found the Überbrettl, from which German Kabarett developed.
There is also a comment on the opera by Strauss at the end of his life: "“In nearly all of the biographical articles I read…I miss the correct attitude..towards…Fueursnot. One forgets that this certainly far from perfect work…still introduces into the nature of the old opera a new subjective style at just the very beginning of the century.  It is in its way a sort of upbeat.”(page NDM 234.). Byronmercury (talk) 21:27, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs some more detail

message: [User:Byronmercury|Byronmercury]] (talk) 09:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's OK to use it, but it could be cropped to include only the photo itself and not all that surrounding "stuff".  As far as I know - and I've done it for 19C lithographs, for example - out of copywright works are OK to crop. Viva-Verdi (talk) 15:38, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: will do. I was thinking of expanding the synopsis (it is rather brief here). Once I have gotten around to doing that I will add the (cropped) picture next to the synopsis. Thanks for improving the formatting etc.Byronmercury (talk) 14:19, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: done Byronmercury (talk) 23:33, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Librettist's pic

message: I'm not sure about this comment in the first footnote:
* The use of Feuersnot as title for this work where it indicates a lack of fire is a reversal of the word's normal meaning, blaze, conflagration.
The prefix/suffix 'not' is used for danger, or emergency, so the word "Feuersnot" signifies danger or emergency related to fire (but doesn't, in itself, indicate whether it's the presence or absence that is the problem). My big single-volume Collins German/English dictionary defines "Feuersnot" as
* Feuersnot f (liter) fiery peril (poet)
so some sort of trial related to fire, which fits the opera perfectly.  The current wording of the footnote implies an inversion or wordplay which I am not sure is there in the German. I suggest cutting it. Scarabocchio (talk) 09:34, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct that the prefix/suffix "-not" can be seen as an indicator for any kind of danger or emergency, but here, the link to the German Wiktionary explains that Feuersnot is an archaic term for a large destructive fire. I interpret your finding of "fiery peril" the same way and don't see where you get "trial related to fire". In this opera, the word indicates a lack of fire. The same ambiguity exists with "Wassernot" (or "Wassersnot") which may mean a lack of water or a flood. I thought it warrants an explanation. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Feuersnot" as a word
Talk:Hagith (opera)

message: I am going to revert to the last version before the changes made by user Poeticbent for the following reasons:
# There is no "standard formatting" for the cite-web template;
# The picture is not an "illustration" of a scene in the opera, so the new "template" with the opera-title in the header is inappropriate;
# The picture refers to the story on which the libretto is based, as mentioned in the Synopsis section; therefore that is where the picture should be;
# One of the great features of Wikipedia are its internal links; so why remove the wikilinked name of the painter from the caption?
Regards. 81.83.130.34 (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert changes to picture 

message: # Commonly used formatting for the cite-web template is available at Template:Cite web. See section Examples. The reason is that, in popup windows line-breaks in <refs> appear as formatting mistakes. 
# Painting (with better caption) is next to the list of roles right now, which is fine.
# Synopsis section is moved up like in other similar articles.
# Pedro Américo of Brazil is now linked.
Thanks for the help, Poeticbent talk 19:01, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: A learning experience
Talk:Chamber opera

message: This is a stretch! The term might have been (this needs citation anyway!), but the form certainly has existed for a long time, maybe even since Greek times and certainly in the Baroque period (it seems dismissive to say "The term chamber opera is also sometimes used to describe smaller Baroque operatic works..."). Chamber opera is simply a portmanteau of chamber ensemble, meaning a small ensemble (or at least one smaller than an orchestra, or an ensemble created for a specific purpose), and opera. I'm sure it existed before Britten. Rarely do composers ever "invent" a form of dramatic art. It's like saying that one composer invented ballet. Ballet is simply dance put to music--from the ancients to modern day.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.65.36.225 (talk) 02:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invented by Britten? 

message: Nonspecialists, such as myself, are not sure what "single strings" means. Somebody please clarify.  Pete unseth (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it means that there is one player for every instrument in the string section. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 00:45, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please define "single strings"
Talk:The Boatswain's Mate

message: The article makes the bald statement "It was Smyth's fourth and most unabashedly feminist opera" without offering any indication of how, why or whether it is feminist at all.
I have not seen the libretto, but I have read Jacobs's original and the synopsis in the article.  If the synopsis is correct, the differences Smyth introduced are: (1) Benn and Travers meet at the Beehive instead of out on the road (this avoids a scene-change on stage), (2) Travers's cupboard is downstairs (ditto), and (3) Benn tells the police what he thinks has happened, whereas in the original Waters forces him to dig the grave then lets him go home to sweat.  The last change, quite a big one, gives a more satisfactory scene for light theatre, but it also weakens Mrs Waters, who is not as much in control of Benn as she was in the original -- hardly a feminist amendment!  And of course, Waters starting to fall for Travers is unchanged.
OK, Smyth used the tune of her suffragette march, but it was a very good tune, and she used other good tunes, too.  If that is the reason for stating that it is a feminist work, rather than a work that happens to be by a noted feminist, then the statement is unjustifiable.  If there is another reason, it should be indicated.
Wyresider (talk) 17:02, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree its not explicitly backed up by the content in the rest of the article, so the phrase could be removed from the lede, though I would think it quite likely a reliable source could be found supporting at least the statement that it has been described as feminist. I will see if I can find anything.  do you remember making this edit in 2007?? (maybe not!) - Aegoceras (talk) 20:03, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi.  I was probably referring to this. The idea that Mrs Waters does not wish to remarry was in itself a feminist statement in those days.  See also this, this, this and this. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:20, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the basis of the statement that is it a "feminist opera"? 

message: The article offered neither reason nor reference for its statement that Jacobs had based Mrs Waters on Mrs Pankhurst.  It did give a link to an article on Jacobs, but that in turn offered nothing on the matter.  The assertion seems highly improbable, and as there was nothing to support it, I have deleted it.
Wyresider (talk) 00:02, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mrs Waters based on Mrs Pankhurst?
Talk:Dramma giocoso

message: Can Un chien andalou please give his evidence for 'Dramma giocoso' as a phrase adopted into the English language as a loanword? Thanks. --Kleinzach 22:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Category now removed. --Kleinzach 01:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Italian loan words?

message: I'm really not sure, that COSI FAN TUTTE is also the dramma giocoso. (For me it is opera buffa).
In this article, it says that no dramma giocoso opera's are commonly performed nowadays. The Rossini opera L'Italiana in Algeri seems like a relatively popular drama giocoso nowadays..?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.177.170 (talk) 20:40, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It says frequently performed. L'Italiana in Algeri is obviously performed from time to time, but maybe not frequently. --Kleinzach 03:19, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: ''L'Italiana in Algeri'' and frequency of performance
Talk:Kaboom (breakfast cereal)

message: Is the cereal really called "Kaboom!"? The packaging that I can find online only has it listed as "KABOOM," all caps, with no exclamation mark. I haven't ever eaten it, and thus don't have a box on hand to reference, but why the exclamation mark?--68.0.55.203 05:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

message: That's a typo, right?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.182.130.241 (talk) 05:35, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grain-flavored? 

message: The article states the grain is "oats," but the box says "corn." I'm guessing at some point GM changed to corn to save money.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.204.241.84 (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oat or Corn?
Talk:Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

message: Um, Michael C. Gwynne's character "Larry King" shouldn't be linked to the suspender-clad interviewer; it is instead a character loosely based on Larry Layton.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.244.44.6 (talk) 23:11, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for bringing this up, I've edited the article accordingly. Daß Wölf 22:27, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
File talk:Cymek.jpg

message: Though this picture certainly depicts Thinking Machines, I was wondering if anyone could confirm/debunk whether the main fighting machine is a Cymek or not? It has the structure described of their battle bodies, and one can see a jar which would presumabely have the brain, but I don't want to link it to the Cymek page until I'm sure.
On a related note, is it known who the humanoid machine next to it is? --Sauron18 05:56, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cymek?
Talk:Battle Frontier

message: I found out that several articles on the Battle Frontier have already been written but have been subsequently deleted due to afiling to meet the criteria.  If you intend to edit this, please remember that your comments must be neutral, and please remember that Wikipedia is not a video gaming fansite, cheat site, FAQ site or any other site that gives reviews, hints and tips.  Do that on GameSpot or GameFAQs if you want to.  Thank you. Eternal dragon 05:59, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notice

message: Please add references to certain claims, which have fact tags on them. In addition, this entire article has no verified sources, which means that any or all of the information contained within it could be fabricated.----JamesSugronoU|C 13:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unreferenced.