Talk:His Majesty (opera)

message: I want to argue about this. According to the reviews of the production, the music was considered too high a class for the Savoy. Imagine the sound of comic opera, then imagine the sound of oratorio. Now combine them for the sound of "comic oratorio"; the result can be imagined. Not like PDQ Bach, but too much in the Baroque style and not at all appropriate for the Savoy tradition. I think we ought to say something about this. I can't recall a single critic saying that it was "superb". This all appears in the SASS booklet on the opera. Slfarrell (talk) 15:02, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a  tag to that statement. It is dubious, to say the least. There have been very few works in history (indeed, have there been any?) that were rated "superb by all accounts." Marc Shepherd (talk) 16:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

text: The problem was that the prior version called it "superb by all accounts." In fact, it was praised by only one account, and even there it was not actually called "superb". Marc Shepherd (talk) 22:17, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd love that, but I haven't got a single one. Cliff has the book and that's how I know about it. But he left the project over a trifle with the Mirette page. Slfarrell (talk) 20:22, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Cliff didn't accept the fact that people can (and should) edit your work on Wikipedia.  BTW, what book?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I told him. It was the centenary booklet published by the SASS. It also contained info on Mirette. All the reviews of the productions are contained in this book. Sadly, there are no more copies available. Slfarrell (talk) 14:45, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The music was superb? 

message: I have, at length, acquired the centenary booklet of the opera. Should I just put in the statements about the music, or should I go into great detail? Considering how often this'll get looked up, I think the former would be better, since it's low on the importance scale. Slfarrell (talk) 00:22, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great!  I wouldn't put in lots of hugh long quotes, but maybe one good quote that is typical of the reactions and then short quotes or summaries from others of interest.  Thanks!! -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:25, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Changes made. Feel free to pull this about if you think it's too negative. Slfarrell (talk) 20:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Yeah, it looks fine. The reviews I cited do not include page numbers, but I think that's a really minor point. Is it *really* needed? Wearing's book may have them, but I do not. This article, I think, is more accurate now. Slfarrell (talk) 13:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Critical reaction expansion

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