User talk:Viva-Verdi/Archive 1

Don Carlos
Hi. Are you familiar with the ballet in Don Carlos? We have just had a brass band version (called Le ballet de la reine) added to the article. I don't know whether it really is the ballet or a general pastiche from the opera. What do you think? We've just had a similar problem with Wagner, see here. -- Klein zach  07:11, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Il viaggio a Reims
Hi. I think I have found some sources about the mysterious overture of Il viaggio a Reims. Could you be so kind as to check my editing? Thank you very much. --Jeanambr (talk) 17:42, 3 June 2011 (UTC)


 * As I noted in my comments re: the text revision, this seems to be a clear justification for including copy on the lack of an overture. Thaanks for doing this. I did make a minor change: "critic" edition is "critical" edition. Viva-Verdi (talk) 00:11, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Preventing wrapping in tables, etc
Hi Viva-Verdi, I left some discussion for you on this question on my talk page. If the Opera project policy is as you say, we might consider modifying the recommended method for achieving its aims. --Robert.Allen (talk) 21:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

References: expansion of CM guideline
Please see: Classical Music References about the proposed development of this guideline. Thanks. -- Klein zach  01:49, 12 July 2011 (UTC)


 * The new guideline was approved for the WP:CM projects on 28 July, see WikiProject_Classical_music/Style_guidelines. Regards. -- Klein zach  05:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Maria Stuarda
I noticed you've made a lot really nice additions to Maria Stuarda. I just wanted to make a couple of suggestions. Regarding the long quote from the Donizetti Society Newsletter, typically an editor's alterations or informative additions to quotes are enclosed in square brackets rather than parentheses (see WP:QUOTE). For such a long quote, the author's name and the date should probably be mentioned in the introductory text, not after the quote, and for block quotes, quote marks are not used. This is a nice expansion of the article! Thanks! --Robert.Allen (talk) 22:22, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * If I feel up to leaving the house, I'm hoping to go watch the Met-HD show also. Too bad I won't be able to come to Santa Fe to hear your lecture. Such a nice place to live! --Robert.Allen (talk) 18:54, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Assedio
Thanks for the note. I'm off to Italy via London tomorrow (Friday) and returned to York from Leeds late this evening (La voix humaine and Dido and Aeneas). I did see L'assedio at Wexford way back when (and will see it again when ETO hits York in April) and hopefully can tomorrow supply details from the programme if not in too much of a rush (I've nearly finished packing). Apologies if you don't hear from me then, but I should be back on 1 March. BTW, I had a very enjoyable trip to the Santa Fe opera last year (Arabella, King Roger, Maometto II) and had completely forgotten that you're located there - must meet up if/when I revisit (not this year but maybe next, depending on the operas). Best. --GuillaumeTell 01:16, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've located the 1991 Wexford programme. The article on L'assedio di Calais is by Julian Budden.  The opera was performed in three acts with one interval after Act 1.  Donizetti planned a substantial ballet in Act 3 (half of which was composed by Antonio Vaccari (178? - 185?), though his music has disappeared) because he wanted to take the opera to Paris.  After the second night in Naples, Donizetti wrote to his publisher that "the third act is the least happy... I might retouch it". Actually, he cut the ballet and the role of Queen Isabella during the Naples run but added a cabaletta for Eleonora.  The opera never got to Paris.  The Wexford production was sponsored by the Peter Moores Foundation and the performing edition was by Opera Rara.  Not sure whether any of the above adds anything much to the article but I'll be happy to answer questions.  (By the way, though my Italian trip was largely to see Herculaneum and Pompeii, there were a lot of things in the Naples area that reminded me of opera - a Grimaldi Lines boat, a town called Eboli, the island of Procida, the Emperor Titus, the so-called house of Poppea, a mural of Ariadne on Naxos, the town of Portici and of course Vesuvius.) Best. --GuillaumeTell 22:33, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Opera in Scotland
Thank you for your help on this article. I think this particular subject is not well covered anywhere.--MacRùsgail (talk) 19:45, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi Viva-Verdi,

Thanks for your support on the Mariinsky article move and clarification on where to have further discussion. I look forward to seeing you around wikipedia's opera articles. Dkreisst (talk) 20:39, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry
I have fixed the redirect.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:22, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Giuseppe Verdi navbox
Hi. When adding Template:Giuseppe Verdi (or any similar navbox) to an article, it should be added via transclusion, not as pasted in code. To do this, simply add:

 

where the template is supposed to appear. I fixed Rigoletto for you. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 05:54, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Britten
Thanks for that correction! I've been tying myself in knots trying to write up future "Britten 100" events in the past tense in preparation for FAC (by when they will be in the past) but I hadn't realised that I had gone so far as to forget what year we are in. Ahem! Tim riley (talk) 19:34, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * If at a loose end while in London in Nov, do get in touch. I know most of the watering-holes in the Covent Garden area. Tim riley (talk) 23:10, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

WP:QAI
Hi, Viva-Verdi. When I said "Those articles are now immeasurably better thanks to WP:QAI intervention" I was being just a little ironic. As far as I can see, WikiProject:Quality Article Improvement's main achievement in the area of opera has been diverting editors' attention away from article improvement towards eternal infobox wars. Obviously, I wasn't associating you with the group and I appreciate your work on those articles. Best. --Folantin (talk) 08:25, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky)
Thank you for your edits. My English is not perfect. Lawrentia (talk) 20:11, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Years and parentheses in notes and sources
Hi Viva-Verdi, I just want to leave some explanation of why I think it's a good idea to follow WP:CITESHORT, in particular, leaving parentheses off the year in notes and using them in the sources. First, the author name and year are both important in identifying sources, and it's better to use them in both, when known. Second, when the short cite (notes & sources) method is used, it's helpful if the year immediately follows the author name in the sources (as an aid in locating the correct source). Third, enclosing the year in parentheses in the sources, but not in the notes, is helpful, because it makes an orthographical distinction between the pointer (the note) and the target (the source). There is an exception: sometimes a source is put in a note, rather than in the list of sources. In these cases, it's helpful if the year is put in parentheses, since it signals that the reference in the note does not point to an item in the list of sources (i.e., there is no target). Anyway, I hope this helps to explain why I changed back some of your edits in Aureliano in Palmira. --Robert.Allen (talk) 20:39, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
Hello Viva-Verdi, ed evviva! Thanks for all the work you have done on the Rexroth article, really fantastic! And your edits are spot-on.Nicoderno1 (talk) 05:49, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Suona la tromba
The article has now a contradiction, about the orchestration. As a reader, I would love a source. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

RE: Varna Opera Theatre
Although opera articles aren't exactly my cup of tea (I specialise in movie articles), I should be able to fix up Varna Opera Theatre a bit more tomorrow when I have the chance. Have a good day, mate. --Matthew (talk) 01:50, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Falstaff
I see you have given the article a very substantial overhaul, and much improved it, if I may say so. Coincidentally I had been working on it in my sandbox, and I should greatly value your views on how best to merge any good stuff from my intended revision with the text as it stands. My draft is here, where you will be a most welcome guest if you care to look in. I'd be very glad of the chance to compare notes with you on this. We might even get it up to FAC between us, perhaps. Best wishes, Tim riley (talk) 15:49, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * There is absolutely no hurry about this, and certainly nothing to distract you during your European tour. I hope very much we can meet for a glass of something while you're in London, but revising Falstaff can wait till you're back home. Am emailing you my contact numbers. Tim riley (talk) 18:56, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * And (as, duh, I forgot to say) bon voyage! Tim riley (talk) 20:39, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky)
Thank you very much. Theatre-circus is the name of the theatre. Sorry about my English, I'm Russian. --Lawrentia (talk) 00:12, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Noye and Sir John
I have made a suggestion at Noye's Fludde that you might like to consider. Yours (and Bencherlite's) to command. Do look in at my attempt to merge our Falstaff revisions when you have an hour to spare. No rush whatever, but I really do feel a joint FAC nomination brewing here. Tim riley (talk) 21:19, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

I was surprised
to see your recent edit at Civic Opera House (Chicago) in which you stated, "This is an article about the opera HOUSE - NOT the building which houses it. Please put info on the BUILDING in a separate article." The article, started in 2006 (I think) and which I first edited in 2007, has always been about both the opera and the building. I do not feel the edit that you undid to be significant one way or another, but I felt inclined to mention this to you. It would be ludicrous to start a separate article for just the building and if we did, what would it be called since the name of the building is already spoken for? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * That was some of the most efficient DO IT NOW work that I have seen on wikipedia, or almost anywhere for that matter, that I have seen in a while. My interest is the Henry Hering and the architectural sculpture on the building, so will move over to the "building" article.Carptrash (talk) 23:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Donizetti
Hi. My edit had nothing to do with the article. It was a pure accident - grabbed my iPad in the wrong place - and I corrected it. Thanks, Markhh (talk) 03:20, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Vincenzo Bellini
Hi. I'm really sorry. You're right. I provide immediately a brief explanation of the content. Greetings--Walter J. Rotelmayer (talk) 19:06, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Don Giovanni
From Vlastimil Svoboda - page reference has been added, the citation is a summary, not a quotation

Joan Carlyle
Welsh eh? Alan Blyth in Grove doesn't think so, and as she was born in the Wirral I think he's probably right. But happy to be proved wrong if you have better sources. I never heard her sing, did you? While I'm here, is my tardy but well-meant contribution at Noye's Fludde talk page all right? Tim riley (talk) 19:18, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

I just realised that you've done some very nice tidying up on her article. Yes, did hear her, but have no specific memories of her singing since I was more interested in Callas and Vickers in the '59 Medea and don't recall a performance where she sang the major soprano role. Viva-Verdi (talk) 22:49, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Falstaff
Very pleased to know we haven't fallen out over Joan C or Noye. Now, Sir, may I have your approval to move my attempt at a combined text for Falstaff into the main space with a view to peer review and a run at FAC? Tim riley (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but thanks for this reminder. I shall look at it this week. Promise! Viva-Verdi (talk) 22:50, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delighted (and relieved) by your approval. I've made the changes you suggested, tweaked the lead and moved the expanded text into the main space. At some stage, perhaps in February or March, I'd like to put the page up for peer review, and I'd be very grateful if you'd give it one more perusal before I go ahead. No hurry whatever. Tim riley (talk) 10:07, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Aargh! I had it in my head that I'd got the green light, and have just put the article up for peer review. Profuse apologies for jumping the gun, and I'll undertake to answer every resulting query I can, and only bother you when I absolutely have to. Best wishes, Tim riley (talk) 23:13, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

We're not getting a lot of footfall at the peer review. Brian B has contributed much, but another eminent editor whom I planned to suborn has broken his arm, poor love, and is hors de combat. GuillaumeTell knows more about opera than I ever shall, and I'll see if he's available and willing. Meanwhile, have you any opera project colleagues whom you might recruit to review? Tim riley (talk) 17:18, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

La Juive
I don't know what New Grove dictionary of musicians say, but the term Jewesss sound an awkward English to me, or its written in Old English? Shouldn't it be Jews's at least? In Russian I checked the same play translates as female Jew or female kike. No offence, just proper translation.--Mishae (talk) 20:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I don't know French either, but we are talking of two different things. I talk about the Jewesss not its acronym the. So, the play is about Jews so why not call it that, why we need extra ss at the end of already descriptive word? Like, my opinion is that Grove apparently had a typo, which is possible considering that W and E are next to each other on or keyboards (and S is right under it too), therefore its called Jewesss even though it suppose to be Jews without extra ss. Get the point?--Mishae (talk) 01:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * O.K. Thanks again, but still read my above comment.--Mishae (talk) 01:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * So, are you sure that the New Grove dictionary didn't made a typo, like the letters are close to each other on a keyboard as I said earlier. And yes, I saw both of your replies. By the way, can you be so kind to give me a link to that play in that dictionary? Thanks.--Mishae (talk) 01:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Now that explains everything.--Mishae (talk) 05:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Bayreuth Festival
Hello, I've just left a message at Talk:Bayreuth Festival regarding an edit/revert which I think is relevant, for reasons explained there. Would you review it? Thanks -- Threefoursixninefour (talk) 20:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

On Francesco Tortoli
I don't have more info. It may be that one is father and the other son. Sorry could not find more.I also found it strange that some sources say he took over for Antonio Niccolini who would have been younger. I have no other sources, sorry. Rococo1700 (talk) 20:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Falstaff peer review
After a slow start we've had a tremendous input, from lots of editors, and we need to agree what to do next. I suggest this: (i) I now close the peer review, (ii) you read through the article as now changed in response to the PR, and (iii) we then discuss anything you're not happy about. After that, the way to FAC seems clear. Does this seem a sensible approach? No rush at all for (ii) and (iii) above, but I'd like to close the PR, for the purely selfish reason that I've got another article I want to put up for peer review (John Gielgud), and one's only allowed one PR at a time. Tim riley (talk) 11:05, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've taken it upon myself to close the peer review, which seemed to have run its course. As above, glad of your thoughts on our next move. Tim riley (talk) 12:06, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Are scenic designers also painters?
I had added Francesco Tortoli to a category of Italian painters. One basis for this is the citation in Ricerche su l'origine, su i progressi, e sul decadimento delle arti dipendenti dal disegno. By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, 1821, page XXVIII.

And this is not the only place where I have seen scenic designers called painters. Clearly some of them painted both for the theater, as well as other more permanent surfaces. Tortoli, may have been predominantly for the theater. I favor a more inclusive use of the term "painter", and specially in prior centuries, when some of the scenic designers trained under or worked with painters.

I vote in this case adding the category of painter.Sorry this kept getting into barnstar notice. Rococo1700 (talk) 04:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
 * arghh Rococo1700 .. the same thing happened to me .. how do you get it out? Scarabocchio (talk) 12:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Salome, Pierre Louÿs and his circle
I don't know if you have started looking at the Mariotte Salomé yet, but I may be able to throw a few things your way. A few years back, I stumbled on a brutally unbalanced article for Pierre Louÿs -- poet, novelist, editor, noted bibliophile; made Chevalier d'Honneur for services to Literature; friend of Debussy, Gide, Wilde and many others; provided source novels to 4 or 5 operas -- which portrayed him as some sort of pornographer. Periodically I wikignome some of the Louÿs-related articles, but I have links and material that I haven't yet incorporated anywhere.

Wilde wrote Salomé in French, and dedicated it to Louÿs (I see this fact quoted a lot, but haven't found a source document that shows it). According to this page, http://www.oscarwilde.fr/Site_officiel_dOscar_Wilde/Oeuvres___Salome.html (no primary sources given): ''Lors de son séjour à Paris, à l’automne 1891, Oscar Wilde aurait déjeuné en compagnie d’un groupe de jeunes écrivains. Avec eux, il va parler d’une pièce qu’il pense depuis longtemps sur Salomé.'' ("During his stay in Paris in the autumn of 1891, Wilde dined with a company of young writers. He talked with them about a play that he had long contemplated on Salomé"). Louÿs made a few corrections to the French text before it was published.

If you need any help with French sources, or more on the birth of the Wilde play, just let me know! (it's about time I did some more 'gnoming) Scarabocchio (talk) 12:15, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I've only just revisited the Salomé article and see (now) that you have already improved it. I can add details of another production, and a link to a video of the opera available on the web for free! Scarabocchio (talk) 12:58, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Hello. I see that you have a number of recent edits to this article, and I wonder if you can help clarify some issues relating to the first performance.
 * The lead contains the garbled sentence: "The world premiere was given by the Netherlands Opera under Kerry Woodward conducting first edition on 16 December 1975 at the Bellevue Centre, Amsterdam". This needs to be made more comprehensible.
 * There is at present no mention of this performance in the "Performance history" section.
 * Do we know of any critical comment relating to this original performance, or did it pass unnoticed? It's not clear in the "Critical appreciation" section which performances these comments relate to.
 * The Guardian newspaper, 26 April 2014, reprinted an article from 30 years ago which gives a fair amount of additional background information about the writing of the opera, including the detail that the libretto was typed by German guards, on the reverse sides of registration forms for people sent to the camp.

It would be nice to polish up this interesting article. Brianboulton (talk) 10:52, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Don Pasquale
No problem. It WAS rather confusing. Took me a while ti figure it out (it's been so long since I added them), but I'll recover. BTW, you've made a lot of nice improvements to the article. Keep up the good work! --Robert.Allen (talk) 19:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No, I don't know the tool. What is it? (Re: Weinstock ISBN: maybe we should eventually remove it, since it doesn't seem very useful, but I wouldn't think that should be a very high priority.) --Robert.Allen (talk) 21:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I just checked my copy: 63-13703 is the Library of Congress catalog card number, which explains why it's shorter than an ISBN. (Weinstock for $1; priceless to Donizetti fans!) --Robert.Allen (talk) 21:38, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Rosine Stoltz
Hi Viva, I moved some sources that are actually cited back to the Cited sources section. Might I suggest you use your browser's page search function to determine which sources are cited. They do not always hit the eye when you just visually scan the page, since they are sometimes buried within the longer notes. --Robert.Allen (talk) 03:14, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Noye's Fludde
As you have contributed to this article in the past, you may be interested to know that I'm hoping soon to start some significant work, to bring it to featured standard if possible. User:Alfietucker has offered his assistance. Any comments/contributions you care to make will obviously be welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 20:50, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Virginia Zeani article
Sorry for repeating the same error, I just did not understand how I should modify those refs. :( I just thought that it was more important to have the info written there and to have them a edited a bit, than having nothing at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorra4ro (talk • contribs) 19:12, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks and a suggestion
Hello VV. It always makes me glad when I see your name on my watchlist. First off I want to say good job and thanks for all your work on the List of operas performed at Santa Fe. I have so many wonderful memories of the operas that I have attended over the years. Reading the edits that you and Alltherest... are making helps bring back them back. My one suggestion is to remove "In" from the section headers. It reads a little clunky to my eye and "The First Theatre" etc. seems more encyclopedic. But that is just me and if you are happy with the current headers that is fine. I hope that you are well and thriving on WikiP and, especially off. Best Regards. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 01:23, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Also if you want me to move my suggestion to the talk page let me know and I will be happy to do so. Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 01:23, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Statistics
Hi V-V, I've reworded the sentence in the Operabase article on the use of the statistics in a broadcast of University Challenge. This is a quiz that is broken down into sets of questions ("rounds"). Two sets involve identifying images (the picture rounds), and one of music (the music round). I've replaced "the music round" with "a set of music questions". (Shamefully, I only identified two of the three operas in the sound clips. Ah, the ignominy!). Scarabocchio (talk) 08:56, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Massenet
What ho, V-V! Our mini-joust just now about (Sir) J Tooley reminds me to invite to you look in at the peer review of the Massenet article, if you have time and inclination. But perhaps French opera doesn't appeal, in which case I perfectly understand. I must say I ended up liking the old boy much better when I finished than when I started. I undertook the revision at the request of an operabuff pal who reads WP but doesn't write it. I had a postcard from him today from the Arena at Verona, where he was to see Carmen, if you can believe it! Best wishes,  Tim riley  talk   17:03, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Raw URL references
Have fixed the ones you flagged on the Barbican Centre article earlier - in future you should just use the bareurls template on the top of the article, rather than retitling one link "Title of article please" and another "ANOTHER RAW URL WITH NO DETAILS" in the actual article. --McGeddon (talk) 08:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Il trovatore
Let's not fight but cooperate … We both love Verdi and I too want to see all Verdi operas. Are you interested in some pics of Salzburg 2014 Trovatore with Netrebko, Domingo, Meli and Lemieux? For a brand-new and exciting Trovatore-page on enWP. I can be of help.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 23:25, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Marta Domingo
Hello. I've noticed you've edited Marta Domingo, an article I created yesterday. In response to your query about the dates, I think it may be improved once the page is fleshed out with some more info about each opera she directed or sang in. Btw, is there a page for the opera company she performed for in Israel. Otherwise, would you please consider creating it? Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:30, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Dear Viva-Verdi, (I love the name), And I like the subjects that interest you. I'll start reading them. Yes, I'll correct the additions to your entry and keep the three old ones, since they are all important. I'll do it by the end of October, since I'm now finishing a book, and I have a deadline. Thank you for your prompt reply. All my best--Bastias (talk) 15:22, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hi VV. I hope you are well. Re this IMO it is odd to mention something in the present tense in a section that is about a theatre that has been replaced and in which the other info is in the past tense. Maybe the info could be moved to the section about the present theatre. Just a suggestion and if you are happy with things as they are that is okay with me. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 15:30, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note and your edit. I think the section makes more sense now and your efforts are always appreciated. Thanks also for letting me know about the fund drive to modernize the backstage areas. May it continue to be successful!! Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 16:44, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Buon Natale
 May you have very Happy Christmas, Viva-Verdi...

and a New Year filled with peace, joy, and beautiful music!

A big Thank You too for all your help at the Opera Project.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 18:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC) Many thanks for your good wishes, Voce. I wish you the joys of the season and all good things for 2015 as, together with our colleagues who continue to be a part of WP:OPERA, I look forward to your inspired leadership to keep us all moving in the right direction! With best wishes, Viva-Verdi (talk) 01:26, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Where's Cruvelli? - !
How do you make that out to be a better picture? Fiercer and stonier, certainly, and admittedly the oil was a little mousy (and has had a good innings), but I thought that litho was a bit too dominatrix for my taste... Might one have both, do you think? The real one to have would be the full-length Elsa (Lohengrin) painting, but I don't think it's free, sadly. Cheers and Happy New Year from Eebahgum (talk) 19:45, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks ... I have just relisted the portrait info at the foot of the page. Cropping can be problematic as a document ought to remain a document, but I do see there are cases to be made. I even prefer hiss on my 78s rather than the anaemic cleaned up versions! But then I am a bit of a relic too.Eebahgum (talk) 20:38, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Falstaff
I think we now have a good enough article to take it to FAC. What think you? I'm happy to field the usual FAC stuff and lug you in only if I am stumped. Does this sound OK? I do hope so.  Tim riley  talk   23:22, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks re Schwester!
Thanks for the clean-up on Meine Schwester und ich - I'm out of practice (and once I'm done translating I've normally run out of steam!). Appreciate it. (also - Verdi is the best, right?). Cricketgirl (talk) 21:26, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Good luck on the last efforts on the Verdi article. I don't know about you, but the E flat at the end of Act 1 of Traviata makes me a very happy person. I'm sure you have your own favourite bit of Verdi to inspire your hard work :) --Cricketgirl (talk) 21:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

First opera
This user's first opera was Lucia di Lammermoor with Yvonne Cianella in the title role ;) - Now - Handel improved - how do you feel about this? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Maometto II
There is a problem of dates in the following sentenced that you introduced : « By mid-1821, the political situation was sufficiently under control to allow theatrical activity to continue and [...] its [Maometto's] first performance took place at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples on 3 December 1820 ». Jean Marcotte (talk) 20:13, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Halévy's columns
If you want the list of works in the Fromental Halévy article to show in 2 columns, you should use the appropriate parameter, 2 when using Template:div col. Your use of 30em uses a non-existing parameter and that leads to the default behaviour of creating 2 columns, but it's obviously confusing. When I read the code, I assumed 30 was intended. The documentation also says that cols is deprecated because it's not suited for a variety of screen sizes. Two columns on a 19" screen are fine, on a 4.5" phone or on a 24" screen not so much. I suggest you restore 30. All the best, Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:53, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I made a mistake in my explanation above. It should not be 30 but 30 em. I've changed it in the article now. Cheers, Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:24, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Contralti
Hi!

I was just wondering why you deleted the list of operatic contralti which I added to the article Contralto. I'm not annoyed, but didn't understand the reason you gave, (per WP:OPERA consensus, remove lists of singers). I have just looked at the article [Coloratura soprano], and see that there are no lists of singers there either. Could I ask why? Lists of singers don't go against Wikipedia's Five pillars, as far as I'm aware! I'm quite inexperienced as a contributor, but I don't see why WP:OPERA, whatever it is (a forum, I assume?), should be able to decide exclusively the content of Wikipedia's opera-related articles, especially given the fifth pillar: Ignore all rules.

Thanks for getting back to me! I understand completely now, even though I don't agree with the consensus reached. I'm not too keen on the idea of an 'unofficial leader', though. Would you explain that position to me? Bartolomeorastrelli (talk) 19:32, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bartolomeorastrelli (talk • contribs) 17:20, 22 February 2015 (UTC)