Template:Did you know nominations/Enea Scala
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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Enea Scala
... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently as Otello in a production directed by Damiano Michieletto?Source: [1]- ALT1:
... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently as Otello, the title role of an opera which requires at least five tenors?Source: [2]
- ALT1:
- Reviewed: The Battery (Manhattan)
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 16:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC).
ALT1's wording is rather confusing and seems to be focusing more on Otello than Scala himself. It has potential, but it needs to be rephrased to be suitable. ALT0 on the other hand is fairly niche and might not appeal to general readers. Can something else be said about him, like perhaps reviews of his performances or other personal information? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:17, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I try to avoid reviews, because they can be biased. To be the first among five (!) tenors is something even the person not interested in opera should understand. It was news in a German tabloid, DYK, probably THE German tabloid? - Btw, Otello - Othello - is probably a character most people will associate with, love jealousy, murder of an innocent. (Let's not tell them that in this staging, she kills herself.) -Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2:
... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently Otello as the first of five tenors?--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2019 (UTC)- I would suggest just re-ordering the words in ALT1, to say:
- ALT1a:... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently in the title role of Otello, an opera which requires at least five tenors?
- To me, that makes it clear that he sang Otello, and that Rossini's Otello requires at least five tenors. I find "the first of five tenors" a bit confusing, as if five tenors sing one role. This alternative wording doesn't say he was the first of the five, but that he sang the title role, which is clearly the most important. Or you could say "which requires at least four other tenors", perhaps? RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:01, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- Fine. Title role should do. Some will remember the three tenors ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- I would suggest just re-ordering the words in ALT1, to say:
Full review needed, including the various hooks. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:48, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Full review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen in English-language sources. ALT1a is most interesting, foreign-language hook ref AGF (though I can read it in Google Translate) and cited inline. QPQ done. ALT1a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:11, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
