Talk:A Little Night Music

message: Tonight's Wayne State University Opera Workshop production of this musical had a programme book that quoted a large portion of this Wikipedia article, and cited the source as "Source, Wikipedia Encyclopedia" 141.217.25.161 02:25, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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message: I have moved this page to A Little Night Music. Its previous title - "A Little Night Music (the film)" - is incorrect: firstly the article is mainly about the stage musical, mentioning the film only briefly; secondly, Wikipedia naming conventions would dictate the page be called A Little Night Music (film) - not "the film", and thirdly, there's no need to disambiguate as A Little Night Music currently exists only as a redirect to this page. UrbaneLegend 15:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page moved 

message: I just realized the other day that near the end of "A Weekend in the Country" it sounds as though SS quotes the very opening of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Anyone else ever notice this? Or is it a coincidence? Or am I dreaming? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Musical quotation? 

message: The youngest son of the founder, Adolf Frederick of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp a.k.a. the 2nd Vasa dynasty of Sweden, Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland and his mistress Sophie Hagman had a daughter, Sophia Frederica, about whom this tale may have been written. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.50.16.21 (talk) 08:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical Link of the Story to the last of the Vasas 

message: This article is listed as NPOV (articles needing cleanup, etc.) but I cannot see where that applies. I'm trying to get me feet wet in something "light to medium" so if there's something here needing a fresh perspective, let me know. Otherwise, I'll just move along. Ebonyskye 09:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wondering if this issue was already handled... 

message: Why is this tagged as such?  It seemed rather neutral to me
=== Mme Armsfeldt's Death  ===
When I saw the work onstage I had no idea that Mme Armsfeldt died at the end: all we see is the old woman falling asleep in her wheelchair and there is no subsequent dialogue to make clear what happened.  (When the New York City Opera did their version on TV, they were careful to focus the camera on Regina Resnick as she pantomimed a fatal stroke.)  Wheeler and Sondheim may have been a little too subtle for their own good, expecting the audience to intuit what was in their minds at that point.
I also want to point out a wierd blooper in the movie version.  In the stage version Henrik reads a religious line to Anne and attributes it to Martin Luther.  In the movie version, which has been transferred to Catholic Vienna, Henrik reads the SAME LINE and attributes it to Saint Augustine!  If the rewriting was that bad, it's no wonder the movie was a flop.
CharlesTheBold (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed Neutrality? 

message: When I saw the work onstage I had no idea that Mme Armsfeldt died at the end: all we see is the old woman falling asleep in her wheelchair and there is no subsequent dialogue to make clear what happened.  (When the New York City Opera did their version on TV, they were careful to focus the camera on Regina Resnick as she pantomimed a fatal stroke.)  Wheeler and Sondheim may have been a little too subtle for their own good, expecting the audience to intuit what was in their minds at that point.
I also want to point out a wierd blooper in the movie version.  In the stage version Henrik reads a religious line to Anne and attributes it to Martin Luther.  In the movie version, which has been transferred to Catholic Vienna, Henrik reads the SAME LINE and attributes it to Saint Augustine!  If the rewriting was that bad, it's no wonder the movie was a flop.
CharlesTheBold (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
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message: The dates and places of its New York run are unclearly stated. I'd fix it, but I don't know the reality. Reading the confusing first sentences, I think the play opened at the Shubert on 2/25/73, then moved to the Majestic (still on Broadway?) on 9/17/73, then closed there on 8/3/74 after 601 total performances and 12 previews. If that's the right time line, the article should lay it out in that fashion, IMHO. Lou Sander (talk) 01:32, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadway Production 

message: Would someone with better German than mine please explain why the title is not an accurate literal translation of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?  The text previously stated that A Little Night Music was "a mistranslation" of Mozart's title.  After I challenged that statement, it is now stated to be "a very loose translation".  Please tell us what the problem is?  Eine=A; Kleine=Little; Nachtmusik=Night Music.  What's the problem, please? Nandt1 (talk) 11:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In a nutshell, the German word "Nachtmusik" actually means "serenade", not "night music".  There's a good discussion of this on the page about the Mozart piece - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Serenade_No._13_(Mozart) Rgoogin (talk) 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the title said to be "a mistranslation" or "a very loose translation" of Mozart's? 

message: The trivia section at the bottom, regarding the character names, is sourced. However, I still question its significance to the article. It implies ignorance on the creators' part, when in fact these were the same character names as used in "Smiles of a Summer Night," which was an actual Swedish film directed by an actual Swedish director and starring actual Swedish actors. It seems to me that if there were anything that unusual or controversial about the names, somebody might have objected when Bergman made his film. Perhaps these are actual Swedish names, but the families have died off or moved away? ChrisStansfield Contribs 18:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia section lack significance 

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message: Her first name is given in passing as "Leonora" during the introduction to "A Weekend in the Country". ELSchissel (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Madame Armfeldt