Talk:Ohio Light Opera

Work needed
I think Ohio Light Opera might be sufficiently notable (see WP:MUS and WP:ORG) to justify an article, but this article needs to be verifiable, based on citable sources.

Since the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players are a professional group that presents exclusively Gilbert and Sullivan, the claim that Ohio Light Opera is "the only professional company in the United States entirely devoted to operetta" is dubious. (Some people think Gilbert and Sullivan is not operetta, but the person who wrote the prior draft clearly was counting G&S as operetta.) Marc Shepherd 21:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed, the claim is demonstrably false based on NYGASP alone (G&S only, except for RoP, once and Of Thee I Sing, once). Opera A La Carte (based in Southern California http://www.operaalacarte.org/oalc/index2.html) also plays only G&S.  Both of these professional groups are older than OHO.  I'm going to remove the statement.  I also added a bunch of internet refs, and if someone reads them, I am sure they can write more about this company.  --Ssilvers 22:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Although Ssilvers has now added a bunch of external links (which may, or may not, have been the sources from which the main article was composed), it's still not the same thing as citing sources. Marc Shepherd 22:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * All the info in the article is now sourced from the cited external links. I think this is probably a Start, rather than a Stub.  Let me know if you disagree.  -- Ssilvers 19:48, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Only professional operetta company in the U.S.
Considering the fact the OLO announces the claim on their website, I feel as though the phrase should be included. [comment added by anonymous user]


 * This claim is demonstrably false. See Light Opera Oklahoma, Light Opera Works, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Washington Savoyards, arguably Lamplighters Music Theatre, etc.  -- Ssilvers 14:46, 30 June 2007 (UTC)