Talk:Rudolf Bing

Fired Callas?
Is Bing not also Known as the man that fired Maria Callas?
 * You are right (although your comment is unsigned), readers will be looking for this so I added a couple of sentences. Any more would be out of proportion in such a short article. Cheers, Markhh (talk) 23:47, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

African-Americans
During his long and triumphant tenure, he opened the house to African-Americans, with Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price as the most prominent examples.
 * To say that Bing "opened the house to African-Americans" is to imply that a closed-house policy had been in place and that Bing changed that policy. Is that, in fact, the case?
 * Is a house opened from within or from without? Some might argue that Marian Anderson is the one who "opened the house to African-Americans."
 * The house can be "opened" only once; the house wasn't "re-opened" for Leontyne Price.
 * Hence, my edit: During his long and triumphant career, Marian Anderson became, on January 7, 1955, the first African American to sing at the house.

ForDorothy 20:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree with your statements above. Nothing wrong with your addition except the ghastly grammar. I've cleaned it up and moved it to a better place. Vivaverdi 00:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Rudolf or Rudolph?
Is there any sourcing for the ph spelling of his name? Robert K S 09:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

No, it's just an error. I have asked for admin assistance to fix the redirect, which I think I messed up. -- Ssilvers 18:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I moved the article from Rudolf Franz Joseph Bing to Rudolf Bing, which seems to be the better title, but was previously covered with a redirect. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:50, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks to all concerned. So much better to have these things right. Tim riley 00:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's good to have things right, so let's find out what's right. The Encyclopedia Britannica has it with a "ph". Stamping out the "ph" everywhere should occur after ascertaining the correct spelling, not before. The WP article should at the very least mention that "Rudolph" is frequently used, whether or not that was what was on his birth certificate. Chris the speller 19:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't see why. We don't say in Adolf Hitler's article that many people erroneously spell his first name "Adolph".  Bing certainly never spelt his own name "Rudolph", and if others did so, they did so in pure ignorance.  We deal in facts here, not ignorance.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  19:59, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:R Bing.jpg
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Bing's family was not Jewish
His father was Catholic, his mother was born Catholic. He was born Catholic and baptized Catholic. The name of Bing's grandfather was Benedikt Bing (a "Jewish" name if there ever was one) and he was a member of the k.u.k. military. What else does somebody have to do to not be referred to as being a member "of a Jewish family"?--Suessmayr~enwiki (talk) 19:55, 2 April 2017 (UTC)