Template:Did you know nominations/Vera Little

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 06:04, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Vera Little

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... that Vera Little, a mezzo-soprano from Memphis, Tennessee, was for four decades a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Bizet's Carmen and in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord? Source: several

Reviewed: Conte (literature)
Comment: She caused a sensation (and booos) back then as the first black singer at the house, before Jessye Norman, but our young readers will probably not understand ;)

Created by LouisAlain (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 14:36, 11 August 2020 (UTC).

Article is new and long enough. It is neutral and cites sources inline. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no text similarities for English-language sources. The hook is well-formatted and interesting. Hook fact is cited inline, but 1) no explicit citing is provided for the word "mezzo-soprano" in the article. 2) Hook length exceeds limit (200) by 7 characters. QPQ was done. I'll approve after the a.m. two issues are addressed. CeeGee 09:40, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Well, she was both a mezzo-soprano and a contralto, what can we do?

ALT1: ... that Vera Little from Memphis, Tennessee, was for four decades a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Bizet's Carmen and in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord?

Thanks. ALT1 is fine. Good to go. CeeGee 08:51, 15 August 2020 (UTC)