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 A selection of articles, new or otherwise interesting
 * Agnes Kimball, a popular soprano recording artist of opera and musical theatre who never appeared as a singing actress on the stage
 * Liviu Holender, an Austrian baritone of the Oper Frankfurt who chose lieder by five composers whose music was banned by the Nazis—Schreker, Zemlinsky, Mahler, Korngold and Schönberg—for a recital there
 * Chestnut Street Opera House, a legitimate theatre in Philadelphia, opened in 1870 and closed in 1939
 * Joseph Redding, a lawyer who won a landmark decision, also a chess polymath, libettist of the opera Natoma and composer of the opera Fay Yen Fah
 * Magdalena Hinterdobler, a German soprano whose approach to her role as Grete in Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge was described as "bold" and "sassy"

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 * WikiProject Opera/Article alerts has daily reports of issues (XfDs, PRODs, FACs, Peer Reviews, etc.) on all pages bannered with WikiProject Opera.
 * Opera Search Results lists new articles which may fall under the scope of the project. For articles that do fall within our scope, add WikiProject Opera to the talk page. A selection of clean-up tags can be found here.
 * WikiProject Opera/New unreferenced BLPs has a daily list of all such articles. Tips on sourcing can be found here.
 * Category:Requested edits lists all articles where an editor with a conflict of interest has requested an edit on the article's talk page. Note that this category is not currently differentiated by project.

Image requests
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

List here any articles for which you would like an image or any current images which could use cleanup or improvement.

Free subscriptions to databases
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC) Voceditenore (talk) 10:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC) Updated by Voceditenore (talk) 07:57, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Questia Online Library – apply here for the next round ("This partnership is currently not available. It is inactive but retained for historical interest")
 * Highbeam Research apply here for the next round ("HighBeam Research was a paid search engine and full text online archive ... In late 2018, the archive was shut down.")
 * JSTOR apply here for the next round
 * Credo Reference sign up for waiting list here ("This partnership is currently not available. It is inactive but retained for historical interest")
 * Répertoire international de la presse musicale, an excellent resource, sign up here

Opera articles: Recordings - which to exclude?
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

As there has been no further discussion on this since early December 2010, I've archived this here. But this is a topic we may want to revisit at some point, re expanding/clarifying the current article guidelines. Voceditenore (talk) 08:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The latest discussion (January 2014) is archived here. – Voceditenore (talk) 09:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Articles needing libretto links
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Note that for now some of the Rossini librettos can still be accessed from the list on this page on Karadar, but it will require adding those new links to the articles, and I'm not sure how long it will be before Karadar closes that loop hole. Anyhow, here's the list of operas so far where I've removed dead links and there is currently no other alternative. It's also possible to recover some of the karadar links via the Wayback machine, as was done at L'éclair, although it's a bit fiddly. If you add a new link, just strike through the opera name(s) below. Voceditenore (talk) 16:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Help! Does anyone know how to access Karadar these days?  It appears to be a dead link - and I've tried to get into it via a couple of ways. Viva-Verdi (talk) 16:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Viva-Verdi. It appears to have disappeared in all its guises–.com, .org. and .it. I have a feeling they ran into copyright problems with some of their stuff. It's not showing up on Google searches at all and see this wacky note. I have found this other site which has links to zillions of libretti. Hopefully, you'll find the one(s) you're looking for. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 18:06, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Le domino noir (only score found), Sigurd (opera), Ciro in Babilonia , Sigismondo , Ricciardo e Zoraide , Eduardo e Cristina , L'equivoco stravagante, I Capuleti e i Montecchi , Médée (Charpentier), Emilia di Liverpool , Francesca di Foix , Il signor Bruschino
 * List

Requested opera templates
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Archived at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera/Archive 120. Voceditenore (talk) 09:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Place new requests here. Voceditenore (talk) 10:29, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Almanacco Amadeus – Che disastro!
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

It's disappeared again. All links now redirect to this site. I'm keeping an eye out to see if the almanacco re-surfaces, but so far it's nowhere to be found on the new site. Grrrr! Voceditenore (talk) 15:49, 18 June 2017 (UTC)


 * It's finally available again: almanac-gherardo-casaglia.com. --Rodomonte (talk) 22:16, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I attempted to adapt Template:Almanacco to the new URL and its parameters; it seems to work. Lamentably, I discovered only later that Rodomonte had already modified de:Vorlage:Almanacco similarly – that template hadn't been linked to the EN template via interwiki links (now corrected). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for that, Rodomonte and Michael! Not only for the good news but for fixing the template too. Brilliant! Voceditenore (talk) 16:16, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Many new illustrations from Ricordi now available
As part of the GLAM project with the Ricordi Archive, the most important historical archive in Italy about music, we have just uploaded hundreds of new quality images: photos and portraits of musicians, sketches, drawings, illustrations of operas. Many Wikipedia articles will finally have an illustration! You can find all images in Commons:Category:Media from Archivio Storico Ricordi‎ (here divided by category). Thank you in advance. --Marco Chemello (WMIT) (talk) 16:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank YOU, Marco. What a treasure trove! Voceditenore (talk) 17:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks great and promising! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, many thanks for all these great images! Have added some of them to articles already.Smeat75 (talk) 20:55, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Are there any images the Ricordi Archive would like a restoration done of? I'd be delighted to do a few in thanks. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 04:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, File:Giacomo Puccini (1924) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO003293 - Restoration.jpg. Would have liked more resolution on that - featured pictures generally require 1500px on the smallest side, though that one's close enough it might slip through - but I've been wanting us to have a good pic of Puccini for years, and am glad this lets that happen. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 07:33, 17 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Dear, thank you for your interest and for your work! Most images requiring restoration are in the portraits, but the resolution is not high. We uploaded higher resolution images in the Costume designs and Set designs categories, see if you find some interesting for you. --Marco Chemello (WMIT) (talk) 08:07, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I've loaded up my favourite dozen into my to-do list. Probably going to start with File:Gabrielle Ray (c. 1910) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002691.jpg. I don't suppose you could beg them for a high-resolution image related to the Ricordis? File:Giacomo Puccini, Tito II Ricordi, André Charles Messager - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO000883.jpg looks like a decent choice. Although I'll also be doing File:Maria Carrara Verdi, Barberina Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuditta Ricordi, Teresa Stolz, Umberto Campanari, Giulio Ricordi, Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1900) - Archivio storico Ricordi FOTO003107.jpg Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 02:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Dear, thank you. I'm asking Ricordi for some hi-res images, but it may require some time. Consider also some other group image like File:Gerolamo Rovetta, Marco Praga, Giannino Antona Traversi, Augusto Novelli, Domenico Oliva, Renato Simoni, Sabatino Lopez (1907) - Archivio storico Ricordi FOTO002705.jpg (some of them already used in articles). --Marco Chemello (WMIT) (talk) 08:17, 18 September 2020 (UTC)


 * I shall be working through as many as I can manage. Just would feel odd to me to get this wonderful release and not do a restoration to celebrate what made the archive, y'know? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 09:24, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

From these treasures, do we have something about operas by Rossini - Pacini - Respighi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

I think Rossini and Pacini are a little early. There was a Belfagorimage, but it was a mislabelled Il Piccolo do Haydn. We can hope the real Belfagor is uploaded in the next batch. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 17:16, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Belfagor is on the list for next. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs

La Ville Morte
Anybody near NY planning to catch Catapult Opera's belated premiere of Nadia Boulanger's La Ville Morte (reorchestrated from the surviving materials by David Conte)? Aha, and now I see that there's already an article (without redirects!) La ville morte,and that the New Yorker actually writes of an American premiere. Sparafucil (talk) 20:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

AfD for Magdalena Hinterdobler
This opera singer has been listed at AfD. Feel free to join the deletion discussion here. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:41, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion also includes the question if an opera company's biography of their employee may be used as a reference which we might discuss right here also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

closed as keep --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Dmitri Shostakovich has an RfC
Dmitri Shostakovich has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:00, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Opera Watchlist
I've been busy for the past few months but I've noticed that this tool is no longer functioning. Is it fixable? Here's the link:

http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject%20Opera\ - kosboot (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Opera category names on commons
Project members may wish to comment at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories_for_discussion/2024/05/Category:Opera_vocalists .4meter4 (talk) 02:52, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

AfD for Alina Dragnea
This Romanian opera singer has been listed at AfD. Feel free to join the deletion discussion here. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Die Frau ohne Schatten is in a sorry shape
Die Frau ohne Schatten is in a sorry shape. The lead contradicts the body text and states facts not in evidence, the Composition History has only one citation and has a tag at the top, etc. Definitely needs help and some TLC. Could people please take a look and help fix it up? Thanks! Softlavender (talk) 23:26, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Théâtre d'Orléans
We currently have an article on the historic New Orleans opera house. However, we lack one on the one currently active one in France, fr:Théâtre d'Orléans. This would be a good project for someone to tackle.4meter4 (talk) 01:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

RIP April Cantelo
Good candidate for In the News if we improve this. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)