Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera/Archive 136

If anyone is still reading this and more awake than I am: The article about Gaston Rivero desperately needs a review and watchers. It contains an absurdly long table with all his performances since he began singing. I spent all night trying to make something coherent out of the usable sources. Some fan, agent, or Rivero himself is currently adding more poorly formatted sources, and I don't think I can keep cleaning up after them much longer. ~2025-32357-42 (talk) 12:37, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much for article work and raising attention. I commented out that ridiculous table. Not even Maria Callas has a table of all performances. The "laundry list" of famous places is also terrible without roles and people (singers, conductors, directors). You notice that it is translated from Spanish by roles names. The famous places often have no cities attached. I tried to reduce redundancy, such as that the Israel National Opera is in Israel. I have no more time for the rest of the day, though, and watchful eyes are welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

The article Duet has a list of "famous operatic duets", but it just lists the titles of operas and their composers. Examples:

• La clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini

It doesn't indicate what are the vocal duets within those operas so that people who are looking for the famous duets can identify them. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:09, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metropolitan90: I added in the names of duets.4meter4 (talk) 17:57, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! --Metropolitan90 (talk) 21:51, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I’m the main contributor to this draft article on Draft:Sherry Zannoth, an American operatic soprano with a significant performance career. The article includes citations from reliable sources, including major newspapers, regional opera companies, and educational institutions. I’d appreciate review and feedback from experienced editors on notability and sourcing, and would love to see this article moved toward publication.

Thank you! Shaynes77 (talk) 14:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the article, and for asking. I began comments on the article talk page, because they will remain connected to the article, while comments here will be archived here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

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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)

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Voceditenore (talk) 10:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC) Updated by Voceditenore (talk) 07:57, 4 November 2015 (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)

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)

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)

• Completed restorations. ( marks Featured pictures)
• 
  Giacomo Puccini
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  Gabrielle Ray
• 
  Madama Butterfly, act 1
• 
  Rosa Raisa
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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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  Amilcare Ponchielli
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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} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs) 19:46, 19 December 2020 (UTC)