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Cut 'n' paste from my talk page of discussion on this point with Ssilvers:
I wish you would reconsider this. I believe that the piece has more characteristics of a musical than of an operetta like Fledermaus, and I think we should keep the opening sentence simple. We have this article categorized in the musicals project category tree rather than the opera project category tree, and if it is more an operetta, it should be categorized in the opera cats instead and follow the opera project guidelines for structure instead of the musicals project guidelines, which it currently follows. Not to mention that the slash in the description is not an encyclopedic format. Obviously, there are a lot of musicals with characteristics of operetta, and we have never used a slash or hyphen - we have tried to clarify with narrative explanation in the body. If you want to note that there are some characteristics of operetta, could you please describe them lower down in the body of the article, rather than in the first sentence? I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 15:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the message and the kind words. Actually, I focus mostly on musical theatre before 1925, especially G&S. I do an embarrassingly small amount of work on modern musicals. With your permission, I have reverted, as I feel strongly that either the slash or the parenthetical statement in the opening sentence would look really bad. However, it would be extremely helpful if you would add a sentence in the body of the article (assuming that you have a reliable source to cite) to describe what aspects of the piece are operetta-like. All the best! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
There is a fairly detailed plot summary here (as well as other information about the musical (or operetta if you prefer). If anyone has the time and inclination, they could use it to expand the very brief synopsis that we have in the article currently, and probably to expand other information about the original production. It also mentions a Canadian production. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 03:01, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
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Cut 'n' paste from my talk page of discussion on this point with Ssilvers:
I wish you would reconsider this. I believe that the piece has more characteristics of a musical than of an operetta like Fledermaus, and I think we should keep the opening sentence simple. We have this article categorized in the musicals project category tree rather than the opera project category tree, and if it is more an operetta, it should be categorized in the opera cats instead and follow the opera project guidelines for structure instead of the musicals project guidelines, which it currently follows. Not to mention that the slash in the description is not an encyclopedic format. Obviously, there are a lot of musicals with characteristics of operetta, and we have never used a slash or hyphen - we have tried to clarify with narrative explanation in the body. If you want to note that there are some characteristics of operetta, could you please describe them lower down in the body of the article, rather than in the first sentence? I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 15:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the message and the kind words. Actually, I focus mostly on musical theatre before 1925, especially G&S. I do an embarrassingly small amount of work on modern musicals. With your permission, I have reverted, as I feel strongly that either the slash or the parenthetical statement in the opening sentence would look really bad. However, it would be extremely helpful if you would add a sentence in the body of the article (assuming that you have a reliable source to cite) to describe what aspects of the piece are operetta-like. All the best! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
There is a fairly detailed plot summary here (as well as other information about the musical (or operetta if you prefer). If anyone has the time and inclination, they could use it to expand the very brief synopsis that we have in the article currently, and probably to expand other information about the original production. It also mentions a Canadian production. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 03:01, 6 June 2017 (UTC)