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A selection of articles, new or otherwise interesting
- Charles Holland, an African American tenor who spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music were limited
- Joseph Schwarz, a baritone at the Berlin State Opera who had begun his career by running away from home
- Tilmann Köhler, a director who staged Le nozze di Figaro in 2023 with playful "serious games" in which the women win by "wit, cleverness and presence of mind"
- Karsten Januschke, a conductor who achieved a "lean, dry, delicate" sound in Offenbach's Die Banditen, with 22 soloists, including 11 tenors
- Kelsey Lauritano, a mezzo who portrayed Mozart's Cherubino in 2023, and a reviewer from the FAZ noted her "almost metallic-brittle approach that spreads androgynous infatuation"
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Dimitri (Act V set design)
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Image requests[edit]
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[edit]
Note Do not archive this section. Voceditenore (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2018 (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
Voceditenore (talk) 10:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC) Updated by Voceditenore (talk) 07:57, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Opera articles: Recordings - which to exclude?[edit]
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[edit]
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)
- 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)
- List
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
Requested opera templates[edit]
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![edit]
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[edit]
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)
- @Marco Chemello (WMIT): 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 @Adam Cuerden:, 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 @Adam Cuerden:, 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)
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Madama Butterfly, act 1
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La Wally, act 1 costume for Wally.
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Tannhäuser, act 3
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Edgar (didn't need restoration)
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Seated: Maria Carrara Verdi, Barberina Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi, and Giuditta Ricordi. Standing: Teresa Stolz, Umberto Campanari, Giulio Ricordi, and Leopoldo Metlicovitz
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I vespri siciliani, act 5
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Ciro Pinsuti (Much too small to be featured, but that mark on his nose annoyed me)
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A basso porto (didn't need resyoration)
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La bohème, act 2 set design
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
Happy Birthday, Rossini[edit]
He only gets to celebrate his real birthday every four years. So…
Cin Cin, Gioachino!
Voceditenore (talk) 10:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
- thank you, Voce, here's my toast:
Gioachino Rossini
(born 29 February 1792)
scored the last of his "sins of old age",
the Petite messe solennelle,
for twelve singers, two pianos, and harmonium.
listen
When Heather Phillips
made her European debut
in Rossini's Bianca e Falliero,
her nuanced coloraturas served
to portray Bianca's development.
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:00, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
List of works in the infobox[edit]
In case of interest please take look at discussion Talk:Antonio Vivaldi#List of works in the infobox. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:54, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Lamara Chkonia[edit]
Lamara Chkonia died, - can we expand and reference? Sources are mostly in Russian or as "unreliable" as YouTube. She has an entry in GSL (p. 2566) but I can't see it. Her daughter has an entry on Operissimo. - On vacation, so of little help today. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Category:Klingon-language operas has been nominated for discussion[edit]
Category:Klingon-language operas has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
La Ville Morte[edit]
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)