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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - January 2013

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Il Prigioniero

Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero was indeed first performed on a radio in 1949 (I know this), but it was written as a stage opera (e.g., see the score) and the score was completed by 1948. Could you please then explain why you undid my revisions? And what is actually "a radio opera", a kind of "a radio play"? Il Prigioniero is obviously not like this. --Pstupin (talk) 03:21, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know, of course, that you live in Yorkshire, but if you could find it in you to look at a peer review of Lancashire's Sir Neville it would be esteemed a favour. Bold Sir Brian Boulton has written most of the present text, with me as Sancho Panza, and we shall both be grateful for your thoughts at Wikipedia:Peer review/Neville Cardus/archive1. Tim Riley (talk) 22:24, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Missing articles

Created all article requests at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera. Feel free to help expand. Best if they were removed and a new set of requests added..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:43, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Down by the Greenwood Side (opera) and Forcett Hall might also interest you. That's probably too much for you for now!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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List of Bus Routes in York

This article is all correct as I have used many websites to Find all the information plus I don't live far from York. Thanks! AnnexH (talk) 19:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - February 2013

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An adornment, maybe

Would this link find a place on Larkin at Sixty, do you think? almost-instinct 17:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

L'assedio di Calais and Wexford 1988

Greetings G.T.: I know that you compiled a large portion (if not all) of the article about operas performed at Wexford, and so I wonder if you happen to have the programme from the 1988 L'assedio? I've been doing some major expansion on the Wiki article on that opera, and have made mention of the Wexford production.

As you may also know, English Touring Opera is planning to stage it from 2 March into May in ten locations, and I just received the stage director's notes and synopsis (although the latter is online) from the ETO people. James Conway is presenting it in two acts, and there is some historical justification for this, but I wonder if the Wexford production was done in the original three acts and if the notes in your programme indicate anything of interest for inclusion in the article.

I've found that with both my expansions of the Belisario article last autumn (which tied into a concert performance which I heard at the Barbican) and the one on Maria Stuarda which tied into the Met's worldwowide videocast, that there a significant increase in readership as evidenced by the stats on http://stats.grok.se/. In fact, at the Barbican, I noticed at least two people with copies of the article in their hands, and readership of Maria Stuarda had close to 8,000 "hits" on the day of the Met broadcast. Happily, I shall be in England during the last week of April and so shall see L'assedio in Buxton (before going on to Oberto in Milan).

All the best, Viva-Verdi (talk) 19:52, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the reply. No hurry, of course, so 1 March is fine. Yes, if you do make it to Santa Fe again, you'll have to let me know. I'm typically here all summer as I do backstage tours regularly throughout the opera season. 2014 promises: (1) a new opera on Sun Yat-sen which was presented in Hong Kong last year, brief details of which can be seen here (to use your system!); (2) (word has it) La favorita. I usually attend the press conference announcement in April (unless it's when I'm in England, or Switzerland, or Italy this Spring!). BTW: seeing your list of countries lived in/spent the night in, I note that you mention Tanzania: I set up African history courses in two Dar es Salaam high schools from Jan 1966 to March 1968, as well as running the Dar Film Society for 18 months of that time. Viva-Verdi (talk) 01:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response re: the Wexford production. I do have most of the details you mentioned already in the article, but it looks as though the Opera Rara version is the "standard one". Don't know if there is a critical edition: I'll ask Philip Gossett, whom I can now call a friend after hosting him in my home last summer as Maometto II was being rehearsed here in Santa Fe.

English Touring Opera sent me the the programme notes and synopsis for the upcoming L'assedios, and they are planning two acts with no act 3, no ballet, no King (but move him to act 1), no Queen. Am not sure about the added cabaletta done in Naples, but doubt it will be there since the burghers go off to their deaths....

Glad you enjoyed Naples: I've not been there since the 1960s. All the best, Viva-Verdi (talk) 01:00, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - March 2013

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Discussion at WikiProject Opera

I'm writing to members of WikiProject Opera who have been active on the talk page over the last year. We currently have a proposal to add infoboxes about individual operas to their articles. As this would involve a fairly major change from our current practice, and lead to a potentially lengthy transition, it would be helpful to hear the views from as many project members as possible. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera#Opera infoboxes. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:07, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Er, ballet, if you'll excuse the expression

Blasphemy to try to lure you to the Royal Opera House for the wrong reasons, but on the off-chance, may I draw your attention to this forthcoming editathon at the ROH in June? We need a few experienced Wikipedians to help the ballet buffs get started. If you're not free, or not inclined (or even if you are) could you suggest any other experienced WP editor whom we might try to recruit? – Tim riley (talk) 22:14, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please look into this? I'd be very grateful, thanks in advance. 94.211.61.207 (talk) 21:02, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Not, perhaps, our leading opera composer, but Brianboulton and I have the dear man up for FAC, and if you have world enough and time to look in we shall be most grateful. Tim riley (talk) 20:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Opera Project stuff

Hi GT, I'm writing to members who participated in the March 2013 discussions about the possibility of developing an opera infobox. We now have a reasonably stable and usable box with examples of how it would look in articles at Template:Infobox opera and a new discussion re its potential addition to the project's Article Guide as an option for opera articles. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera#Opera Infobox update. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:03, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for using your vast background knowledge about operatic sources to diligently improve articles, such as Hilde Rössel-Majdan, help with tables, review the work of peers with a strong sense for quality, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Hello. After much thorough searching around I've come to the conclusion that the WNO Midsummer Marriage production of 1976 you saw in Leeds was central to its performance history. May I ask you to add some more information from the programme you have of it? I've found the Jenifer and the Sosostris so far, and think it would be good to have the Mark, Bella, King Fisher etc. In fact I think I'll add a column on the cast list for this production. I have a mid-90s reissue of the 1970 recording; in the booklet essay this production is spoken of very warmly - I'm going to add that now, too almost-instinct 12:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for doing that. You're certainly right that the state I've got that page into right now is a long way short of Best Practice. But these days I appear to be a sluggish editor, and its only through wanting to get the information on display before the Proms performance that has goaded me into doing that little I have! Looking at the cast list and bearing in mind the problems of balance in the RAH I'm not expecting the Proms performance to be ideal, but I shall be very grateful for the opportunity to hear the work in the flesh (In 2005 I was insufficiently ROH-savvy to work out how to attend a performance) I've been listening to the 1970 recording again. The singing of Alberto Remedios and Raimund Herincx is especially striking. By the way the WNO programme claim of being the first production outside London is countered by the ref we have of the German premiere in 1973. Will dig around to try to find confirmation of that date almost-instinct 09:01, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]