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Talk:Comedy on the Bridge

message: I've asked for this to be moved back to 'Comedy on the Bridge' as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/English names. This practice has been respected up to now. We have many articles following this style. It's better if we don't have exceptions. -- Kleinzach 05:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I certainly agree with changing the name of this article to the translated one. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 23:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Catalogue "H 247" from 1935 (rev.1951) (not 1938), btw (Boosey and other sources confirm.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:00, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  H 
Talk:Dafne

message: The page that is linked to in the end of the article, clearly says that Dafne's first performance was in 1597 in Florence. Why is it 1597 or 1598 in the article?217.159.146.245 17:24, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume because other sources say differently. The page was removed as it was spammy and not very useful. Lethe 15:09, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: An editor questions whether "triple flute" is a mistake for "treble flute". I see no reason to doubt that "Dafne" was scored for a true triple flute: the instrument with three tubes, (see the description of multiple flutes) but I have no knowledge of musical instruments of c. 1600 Italy. Can someone clear up this minor issue?    TomS TDotO (talk) 07:43, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No source for 'treble', though 'triple' is even more dubious (some non-Italian Double flutes exist). Otten 1911 seems on shaky enough ground saying "harpsichord, a lute, a viol, an archlute", a typical  enough continuo group, but not one specified in surviving scores nor in NG, nor the rest of the cited literature. Sparafucil (talk) 23:00, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triple flute 
Talk:Daphne (opera)

message: "Long been neglected as an excerpt" -- what can this mean? -- must be "selected" i.e., played as a concert aria (since the opera is difficult to stage).173.52.247.146 (talk) 06:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It is meaningless as written and will be removed. Viva-Verdi (talk) 19:23, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:De temporum fine comoedia

message: This page should be moved to De temporum fine comoedia (lower case); see Schott and many others, including Amadeus Online which is used in the article.  -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Title
Talk:Dead Man Walking (opera)

message: *Walker, George. "OPERA REVIEW – Dead Man Walking: The Face Of Love." Indiana University. October 20, 2015.
*Mahne, Theodore P. "N.O. Opera's 'Dead Man Walking' a provocative tragedy that expands death penalty arguments." The Times-Picayune. March 5, 2016.
*MacCash, Doug. "'Dead Man Walking' opera: singing the part of the murderer." The Times-Picayune. February 24, 2016.
WhisperToMe (talk) 23:36, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: It seems strange for a page about an opera to say nothing about the music.  What is the composition style?  Even the Critical Reaction section mentions the "sharp, finely delineated performances" and the "simple yet effective production", and a paragraph about the libretto, but nothing at all about the music.   I am not qualified to say anything about the music, but I hope someone who is will add something about it. DSZ~enwiki (talk) 04:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the music?
Talk:Der Opernball

message: I have not been able to find an authoritative copy of the German libretto, but I have listened to well known recordings of it (Schwartzkopf, Sills, Anna Netrebko, Brigitte Fassbaender.) Of these, only Sills sings "Komm mit mr...." All the others sing "Gehen wir...." So I think that's the correct lyric. Would somebody who has access to the libretto check this?
Poihths (talk) 15:35, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're right, but both versions seem to be used. Google returns 6,580 results for "Komm mit mir ins Chambre séparée", 1,820 for ""Gehen wir ins Chambre séparée", and 1,400 for ""Geh'n wir ins Chambre séparée". But the libretto at http://www.opera-guide.ch/opera.php?id=167 shows "Geh'n wir ins Chambre séparée", as do pp. 30/31 of the libretto at https://archive.org/stream/deropernballoper1800heub#page/30/mode/2up. I suggest you change the article accordingly (and include those sources as well). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:13, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics misquoted?
Talk:Der Vogelhändler

message: "A tuneful operetta, Adam's act 2 aria "Wie mein Ahn'l zwanzig Jahr" was popularized by a recording by the soprano Elisabeth Schumann.[citation needed]"
She certainly did record this aria, but I can find nothing that indicates that the recording was particularly popular or influential above anything else this popular and influential singer recorded.
For that reason, I'm editing the text to merely say that she recorded it. That's noteworthy in and of itself, since she was a very popular, well-known and well-respected singer.
Poihths (talk) 12:43, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't find any support for it
Talk:Die Hochzeit

message: I suggest an infobox, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: done --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox? 
Talk:Welsh Wicca

message: This Page is just some Neo-pagan making stuff up about something they believe, but have no proof to it existence other then books published by like minded people.
:Just found this. It has been tagged with an "unreferenced" template for two years and has no references or categories. Redirecting to Celtic Wicca. Enaidmawr (talk) 00:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Evolutionary virology

message: *Support The two terms are tightly related, and the present content certainly doesn't warrant separate articles.  I further suggest that Evolutionary virology is the preferred term scientifically, because the science is generally focused on virology, using an evolutionary perspective.  That being said, "Viral evolution" is used more often.  -- Scray (talk) 02:26, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merger of [[Viral evolution]] and [[Evolutionary virology]]
Talk:Die Soldaten

message: This article in the NY Times lists a very interesting stage construction for "Die Soldaten"; maybe we should put this in somewhere? Icarus of old (talk) 18:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mention in NY Times

message: There should be something on this. Until the last few seconds, I found it so boring that I didn't even notice for several minutes that there was a naked woman on the stage (ENO 1996 production) but doubtless there is more worthy critical comment, pro and anti, out there.  Lovingboth (talk) 15:11, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical response 

message: When I count the cast list, I come to 17 singing roles (incl. the three young officers, but not the "Sprechgesang" roles). But the text says "sixteen". What's correct? 2A02:120B:2C00:A5E0:8CF2:4784:3825:A974 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 14:47, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  16 or 17 singing roles?
Talk:Die schweigsame Frau

message: This new section is based mainly on Del Mar's commentary, which is spread over nearly 50 pages, interspersed with analysis of the music and the politics. I have drawn together the main themes and I have provided in line citations for the key points. The libretto references are to the pdf you can download from the link in "external resources". Byronmercury (talk) 19:50, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Zweig's adaptation of Jonson

message: Although Strauss outlived the Nazi regime, Die schweigsame Frau was not revived in his lifetime.  Thanks for this: will look into it. Have removed for now.Byronmercury (talk) 11:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Performances in Strauss' lifetime
Talk:Ein Walzertraum

message: See this  review of the action from a London production 1908. Mentions nothing about redecorating the palace in Viennese style, but rather, Franzi teaches Helene to dance and sing, and describes an important final scene where Niki must choose between Helene and Franzi. Bluedawe 00:09, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this plot synopsis correct?
Talk:Ermione

message: I have removed the synopsis which was a copyvio from http://www.operatoday.com/content/2008/02/rossini_ermione.php The synopsis needs to be re-written. Before doing so please read carefully:
WP:Copyright violations, WP:Close paraphrasing, WP:Plagiarism and a useful summary at Wikipedia:Copy-paste. Voceditenore (talk) 10:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the libretto and can work one up from there. --GuillaumeTell 10:57, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Finally done this.  Corrections and clarifications welcome. --GuillaumeTell 18:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio in synopsis  

message: I'm not at all sure why there's a painting of Phèdre et Hippolyte on this page for Ermione. The only connection seems to be Racine. Should it be removed? Possibly moved over to the Phèdre article? 
And if there will then be no picture illustrating Ermione or Andromache, Pyrrhus, Orestes, etc, should the width of the Recordings table then be adjusted? - I don't know how to do that. (Or how to move a picture, either, for that matter - I tried once and just made a mess that I had to escape back from.)
Also, I know I've recently read a brief explanation of why Tottola and Rossini decided to change the name of their libretto and opera from Andromaque to Ermione, but cannot now find that reference at all.
Milkunderwood (talk) 20:13, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, if you look at the file name of the painting, it's nothing to do with Phèdre et Hippolyte.  It turns out to be "La Douleur et les regrets d'Andrmaca [should be "Andromaca"] sur le corps d'Hector son mari by Jacques-Louis David.png".  I also see that I undertook to provide a synopsis.  Will do so sooner rather than later. --GuillaumeTell 00:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed the painting pro tem (may need to move it when I've done the synopsis).  I see that it's the picture on the cover of the Opera Rara recording which ought to be in the Recordings box.  Don't know about the name-change (if any), but it may be mentioned in the OR booklet.  It does make sense, as Ermione has a lot more to sing than Andromaca does. --GuillaumeTell 17:30, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that was the reason for the name change that I saw, but can't find it again. (No idea how it worked in Racine.) Thank you for fixing it up. Milkunderwood (talk) 18:17, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phèdre et Hippolyte?
Talk:Progressive outer retinal necrosis

message: Can someone please confirm if this virus actually exists? This seems like a joke, i.e. vandalism. 142.157.195.51 (talk) 05:51, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh that is too good! ROFL! - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 11:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: note

message: haha 64.52.89.15 (talk) 08:43, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  ha
Talk:Goyescas

message: This is translated here as "Serenade to a spectre."  Shouldn't it be "Serenade of the spectre"? Kostaki mou (talk) 16:10, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes that is absolutely correct and I believe the error was corrected. :-) 198.72.184.50 (talk) 19:38, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serenata del espectro
Talk:Hydrogen Jukebox

message: Full opera appears to have 21 songs - see  and . ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 14:20, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song list is for the recording, not the opera?
Talk:I Lituani

message: The article on Amilcare Ponchielli said, until I edited it,  The article on I Lituani said, with sources, until I edited it  While performances as Aldona make sense to me, the assertion was entirely unreferenced, and contradicts the Ponchielli article, so I have deleted it (but left it as hidden comment).
Perhaps someone who actually knows the subject can edit both articles to say whether the opera was well or poorly received, include performances as Aldona if that happened, and to explain the renaming. Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 11:26, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction with Ponchielli article; Aldona?
Talk:I due Foscari

message: Please verify in a reliable source (e.g. Julian Budden or the Grove). 81.63.99.144 (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Budden says "Francesco" - cast list, vol. 1, p.174, Cassell 1984. Viva-Verdi (talk) 00:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Opera Grove agrees - "Francesco" - Vol 1, p. 1264, sv "Due Foscari, I", article by Roger Parker.  But actually, it's a no-brainer:  Francesco is an Italian forename (Francesco Cavalli, Francesco Petrarca, San Francesco, etc.) and thus appropriate for a Doge of Venice who was actually called Francesco Foscari.  Francisco is a Spanish forename, as in San Francisco, Francisco Franco, Francisco Goya. --GuillaumeTell 01:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Francisco or Francesco ? 
Talk:Robinson Ellis

message: His chief work was on Catullus, whom he began to study in 1859. In the course of his research he discovered an important early manuscript of Catullus, named the Codex Oxoniensis. However, Ellis did not recognise the importance of his own discovery, and failed to consult it for his Commentary on Catullus (1876).
This appears to be common in the litterature of the matter, but it seems to me that this is a myth. I would like to point out, that the exact same codex Oxoniensis, sign. Bodl. Canonicianus Latinus 30, is briefly described on p. 837 of Doering edition of Catullus, made 37 years earlier, in 1822. It is true that Doering did not recognize the importance of the codex (a page earlier he put a note which now sounds somewhat funny, viz. that you should not expect a codex of great antiquity in public libraries in Britain, having apparently had the oldest existing one in hands), but neither did Ellis as it is clear from the quotation above. So what is the exact thing Ellis is getting credit for this "discovery" again and again? -79.185.6.232 (talk) 18:03, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ellis discovered Oxoniensis?
Talk:Rocamadour

message: The introduction seems to fail WP:NPOV. Stifle (talk) 10:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (N)POV is not the issue here IMO, it's just written like a tourist brochure. I'll see what I can do. Markussep Talk 09:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I've removed the baffling sentence about One Hundred Years of Solitude, but most of the "Literary References" section is made up of passing mentions. The fact that Cortázar may have named a minor character after this Rocamadour is potentially interesting to Cortázar readers, but probably not to people who are interested in Rocamadour. Can we eliminate most or all of this section? 850 C (talk) 19:01, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Literary references
Talk:Il corsaro

message: The opera has three acts!.. but why does the synopsis have an "Act 4"? Please correct.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.202.81.46 (talk) 18:14, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't ask me!  I've corrected it - but so can you:  "Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit". --GuillaumeTell 01:34, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 Acts ! 

message: See here. --Kleinzach 08:05, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: discussion started --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two navboxes with the same content 
Talk:Il piccolo Marat

message: The article mentioned that Mascagni traveled to the U.S. in 1924 and even provided a cast. This is incorrect as Mascagni's only trip to the USA was in 1902-1903. So I have removed the following reference:
:This opera had been successful at La Scala in Milan and the San Carlo in Naples. Pietro Mascagni traveled to the U.S. in August 1924 to conduct his fairly new opera, Il piccolo Marat. He was accompanied by Guiseppe Radaelli, Agostino Capuzzo, Rino Oldrati, Irma Vigano, Maria LecerCasale, Adriana Boccanera, Enrico Nani, Francesco Novelli and Luciana Donagagio, singers.
Please provide solid references before putting this information back to the page, thanks! Ebruchez (talk) 21:02, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2

message: The title of this album is
A Blowing Session
as it is the title on the 1957 LP and on the first edition of the CD.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1559
And anyone who has the LP and/or the CD may see this directly. Or one can look at the Billboard article given itself as a reference on the Wikipedia page.
For a reason I don't know, the title was incorrectly placed as
A Blowin' Session
on the RVG edition of the CD (possibly on other editions too?).
But however the title was placed on certain editions of the CD, the correct name of the album is
A Blowing Session
Lauricacid (talk) 20:42, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  correct title is A Blowing Session
Talk:Intolleranza 1960

message: The article mentions that the work was commissioned for the 1969 Venice Biennale by its director Mario Labroca. But the work had its premiere eight years earlier. Something is iffy here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.245.105 (talk) 14:57, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, it was 1961, and has been corrected.  Ephraem 02:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venice Biennale
Talk:Above Suspicion (1943 film)

message: The film seems to lean heavily  on loan outs.Only Crawford was under contract to MGM.
MacMurray was at Paramount,Rathbone at Universal,and Veidt at Warner Brothers.
Mac Murray sings "She's Only A Bird In A Gilded Cage" with Crawford on piano 198.23.5.11 (talk) 14:51, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  CAST
Talk:König Jérôme

message: There seems to be a spelling error in the citation: it should be Ziehrer, not Zeihrer. Also: I would be interested reading that article at Grove myself, but I can't find it; I would be grateful for a more precise URL. Here's the Grove article I found by John E. Diamond about Ziehrer: Ziehrer, C(arl) M(ichael) (subscription access).
This also raises the question why Ziehrer is called "Karl" in the English Wikipedia when Grove and the German Wikipidia call him "Carl". Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:54, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on Ziehrer (Carl) in the print Grove is by Andrew Lamb - it's quite short. --Kleinzach 15:25, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling
Talk:L'Olimpiade

message: article claims Poissl was 'first German composer' to set L'Olimpiade; but Wagenseil and Gassmann both made versions before 1815 for Vienna. However I suppose Gassmann is arguably a Bohemian and maybe Wagenseil a gebürtiger Wiener doesn't count as German either?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omnivore (talk • contribs) 15:44, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It probably got garbled; I've adjusted, though I haven't actually confirmed that Der Wettkampf zu Olympia, oder Die Freunde was in fact the 1st translated version either. Sparafucil (talk) 00:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  predecessors of Poissl 
Talk:L'incoronazione di Poppea

message: User:Laser brain has twice removed a 2017 Barenreiter edition by  Hendrik Schulze as lacking "high-quality reliable sources", presumably in addition to publisher & date. I doubt many performers will want to ignore it though. Sparafucil (talk) 21:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct, a link to a commercial store is sufficient for verification that it exists but it is not sufficient to indicate why it's worthy of mention. I believe someone else added additional sourcing. --Laser brain (talk) 21:22, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editions 

message: Thanks to  and  for their respectful discussion with me. As Nikkimaria pointed out, the current status does not actually impede a featured topic nomination, so I have begun the nomination and anyone who wants to can discuss it here. Apologies if I overreacted, a frustrating situation at first but not seemingly pertinent to the Featured topic in the first place. Aza24 (talk) 01:43, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Update
Talk:La battaglia di Legnano

message: Mention should be made of the single number that is still familiar, the anthem (Coro d’Introduzione) with soprano and chorus, often called "Viva Italia!", that caused a delirious patriotic frenzy at the first performance— during the Roman Republic—  described by  Charles Osborne, The Complete Operas Of Verdi 1977:192.--Wetman (talk) 19:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Viva Italia!"

message: See here. --Kleinzach 08:07, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: discussion started --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two navboxes with the same content 
Talk:La buona figliuola

message: The CD titles are actually spelled "Figliola". They're not mistakes or typos. "Figliola" is the modern standard Italian word for "Figliuola". One could disagree with the choice of the record producers to change it to the modern form (I do), but in a discography, it's best to use the actual title of the CD. Voceditenore (talk) 07:57, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for checking up on these. --Robert.Allen (talk) 08:33, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  CD titles "Figliola" vs. "Figliuola"
Talk:Relationism

message: I am here because the concept of relationism came up in studying Gottfried Liebniz, since he (a relationist) argued against Newton's (absolutist) assertions that absolute space and time were necessary in physics.  I can see how this subject can and should be considered philosophical, but have no idea why this would be classified as sociological, and am absolutely perplexed that this is somehow religious or, even more shockingly, related to a specific religion.  Does the word have other meanings that pertain to Christianity or something?  Or should this be recategorized to be more general? --Qrystal (talk) 21:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree – Yes, the Christianity tag should go. For quite a while there was some content here about a kind of religiously-based Relationism but with no links or references, so I just deleted it.  —jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 04:02, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is this religious at all?
Talk:HM Prison Feltham

message: If anyone's interested, I've proposed a new wikiproject for the creation and improvement of articles regarding specific prisons, internment camps, and detention centers here. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Prisons 
Talk:La fille du tambour-major

message: The french version of Wikipedia has a free photo for this opera.  Does anyone know how to import it or add it to Commons?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image
Talk:La serva padrona

message: When someone has time, we ought to change the portrait to the Ghezzi caricature. Seeing Pergolesi dressed ca. 1800 (big collar and buttons and Napoleon-ish hair) is bound to be confusing for folks who don't realize he lived a century earlier.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmwilcox (talk • contribs) 20:17, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
Talk:La sonnambula

message: This article is primary and should be called La sonnambula, not La sonnambula (Bellini). There are hundreds of other articles in which the opera (rather than a libretto) are regarded as primary. This is very well established on Wikipedia. --Kleinzach 10:27, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isn't this the primary subject? 
Talk:Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (opera)

message: Hello, I'm not personally familiar with either the original or revised versions of this opera; however, I think the article would be improved if it explained what the major change was in Act I Scene 3 between Lady Macbeth and Katerina Izmailova. --Kyoko 18:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  version differences?