Talk:Opera in Ukraine

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Did you know... that in the history of opera in Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko's historical Taras Bulba (title character pictured) was the first grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?

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Citations from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article[edit]

This article is a computer-generated copy of the corresponding article in the Ukrainian Wikipedia, which is well referenced. Please avoid copy editing this article until the Ukrainian references have been checked and used here. Thanks, Amitchell125 (talk) 10:05, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The citations that can be found have now been transferred. Amitchell125 (talk) 15:57, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Taras Bulba

... that in the history of opera in Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko's historical Taras Bulba (title character pictured) was the first grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian? Source: several
- Reviewed: Venu Chitale

Improved to Good Article status by Amitchell125 (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 19:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Typically, I'm not keen on the source being "several," though a precise source for this hook can be found on page 238 of this article, so the statement is well-sourced both in-article and here (just glad it was in English!). Image is absolutely front-page worthy (and free; painted in the 1860s). QPQ done, hook is great on both length and content. Article recently hit GA status, though just a couple days outside the five-day nomination window. Unless any of the DYK leads disagrees, I think a 48 hour tardiness is entirely acceptable–I'm of the opinion that GA hook noms deserve the greatest leniency. Overall, nice job to all the editors involved. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:48, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the review, Pbritti. Just a note that DYK's nomination window is of 7 days, so this article is not late. Even if it was a few days late, we usually IAR. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:31, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spotchecks[edit]

Amitchell125, I should have done spotchecks when I reviewed this for GA; I've done some now and have a couple of issues:

FN 204 cites "Most of the production costs for the premiere were borne directly by the Vatican". The source doesn't say "most", though it may have been; I think we should just make this "Some of".

Done. AM

FN 215 cites "Dnipropetrovsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. Opened in 1974 and housed in a modern building": I don't see support for "modern building"; am I missing it?

No, now sorted. AM

And not a verification issue, but "Vitaly Kyreiko's opera Boyarynya was written in 2003 and premiered in 2008" is cited to the same source twice -- should one of those be to a different source? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:05, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, now sorted. AM

Thanks for fixing those. I can't check the offline sources which support most of the article but given that I found a couple of slight inaccuracies you might check a sample just to make sure other errors didn't creep in during the editing process. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:16, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]