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This article could use some major clean up. I worked on the lead, but don't have time for much else. Given that he just passed away in June there probably will be more current traffic to this page. 4meter4 ( talk) 14:01, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
I know I am not around much these days, but I thought I might point out that Giuseppe Verdi has a 200th birthday coming up in October. It would be nice for the project to feature one of opera's flagship composers that month. It would be great to improve Verdi's biography (FA?) and some related pages in time for his bicentennial. Perhaps User:Brianboulton and User:Tim riley would be willing to help get the article ready for FA/the main page? Also, Gerda might be able to put together some related things on the portal. What do you all think? 4meter4 ( talk) 21:30, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't think there's an article or list of fictional opera but there should be. If I was at home I might get a start on it (someone else can if they want to). Since I won't be home for 2 weeks, I'm wondering what the parameters should be. Initially I'm thinking of films in which there's an operatic sequence from an opera that doesn't really exist (Tsaritza from Maytime, Salaambo from Citizen Kane or the opera in Charlie Chan Goes to the Opera - and I'm sure there is literature that talks about opera - and maybe operas within operas. Any other ideas of what should and should not go into this article? -- kosboot ( talk) 15:57, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Can I beg some help on this? I think if we can get a well-sourced background section, which'd probably involve detailing Franz von Suppé's role in the development of Viennese operetta, and mentioning his notable works before Fatinitza, we could probably reasonably get this up to Good Article. A musical analysis section would be nice as well, but I'm not holding my breath for an opera now so strongly out of favour. Unfortunately, I don't have Grove, and am having a bit of trouble getting good sources together for the background. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 18:09, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Of possible note: While trying to write the "background" section, I consulted the Wikipedia articles Franz von Suppé and Operetta (we do not have an article on Viennese operetta). They weren't very helpful to that end, to be honest. It might be worth reviewing as to whether the text I wrote (particularly the "Background" and "Legacy" sections) might be useful to bulk out their coverage. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 12:40, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
Another one for ya: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/An Embarrassing Position (opera). Cheers, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 21:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
I only learned recently, and with great sadness, that Tom Kaufman died on April 22, 2010 at the age of 80. I knew him before I even started editing Wikipedia and remember discussing our favourite tenors on the phone years ago. Old-timers at the Opera Project will remember him as Buondelmonte. He joined the project in January 2006 when he was well into his 70s. As you can see here, he was always determined that the tenore got his due. He started the first major expansion of Grand opera and contributed greatly to the early versions of Giovanni Pacini. His last edit here (February 3, 2009) was to add Mercadante's Virginia to the list of Opera Rara's premiere recordings. There is a lovely obituary by Charles Mintzer at Opera Nostalgia: Thomas Kaufman in memoriam. – Voceditenore ( talk) 09:56, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello all,
See:
User:Shirt58/Frederick Jackson (singer).
The article for Jackson was speedily deleted twice on 27 Jul 2013. I suspect that this was because there was an online promotional campaign involved with him singing Porgy in a recent revival of
Porgy and Bess.
Most of the references to his work appear to mentions in German-language sources. Could you possibly have a little look into this, and give opinions about whether an article for him would be viable right now?
Thank you! Pete aka --
Shirt58 (
talk)
12:08, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/L'impresario delle Isole Canarie. Regards and thank you for your help as usual, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 22:30, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
I was looking at this article and noted the absence of any mention of her supposed support of National Socialism. But then I saw a note on the talk page: "This article was written by Dalia Geffen, president of the Boston Wagner Society and is used here by permission." Of course this goes against WP:OWN - meaning that the current article should be removed and a new article has to be written from scratch. -- kosboot ( talk) 14:08, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
The first performance of the cycle started on 13 August. Looking at the article, there's room for improvement. I don't want to step on the toes of authors, just some observations:
Help? The article is seen by around 1k viewers each day, but it's nowhere near the best Wikipedia has to offer. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:03, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this actually in our scope? It's a cantata, and relatively short. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 09:51, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
@Kosboot. Probably not in scope re bannering, if/when it is actually written. It was listed in our August CoM because that one focuses specifically on Verdi's non-operatic compositions, simply as a means of rounding out the coverage of him on WP (the Composers Project doesn't seem to be much interested in Verdi, at least so far). @Gerda, my inclination would be to cover all four of the "Pezzi" in one article and to have redirects from the individual pieces, given that they will be relatively short and that they are often performed/recorded together. Voceditenore ( talk) 08:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I have nominated Terry Barber's article for deletion. He has sung with some notable organizations, but in such minor roles it hasn't yielded any notable reviews of his work in the press. 4meter4 ( talk) 23:19, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
You know probably that I try to find a fact related to the day to put on top of this page. Some of the articles would profit from improvement. I plan to list those here, not starting a new section everytime.
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:52, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Care to look at this one? Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 22:09, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
I moved a lengthy discussion on my talk page about various issues with the article (especially its title) to Talk:Mikhail Shuisky (baritone)#Translation, transliteration, and titling issues. All input would be welcome, especially from German and Russian speakers, as I may have got the wrong end of the stick on some of them. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 08:53, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
We can use this section to note other areas for improvements (big or small). I'll start with:
The Italian site Internetculturale has tons of material free for distribution. I have not yet managed to figure out how to download a bigger size photo. However the site is a possible source for many missing images. here is one example Nicoderno1 ( talk) 14:32, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
I admit I don't understand the issues around non-free content, etc., the only images I have added to wikipedia have been very old paintings or so forth, but I see a discussion on AN/I right now that says "Non-free images can only be used in the articles specifically about the subject depicted in the image and no free equivalent is available." [1] Does that mean that one picture of, let's say, June Anderson could be added to her article? It seems to me as if the vast majority of articles on opera singers do not have a single picture, but if you look at Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson there are pictures, why is that allowed for them but not Anja Harteros, for instance, I don't get it. Smeat75 ( talk) 23:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
What are the guidelines for notability of opera singers? I just discovered Aida Garifullina (Аида Гарифуллина) and she's fantastic, so I was surprised to see that she doesn't have an article on the English or Russian language Wikipedia. There isn't much written about her, in English at least, but I discovered she won the Operalia this year. That would fulfill the criteria "Has won or placed in a major music competition" of WP:MUSBIO, correct? Ryan Vesey 04:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I keep coming across the need to refer the "critical edition" of an opera. However, when linking to Critical edition, you can see that it is more appropriate for literary works.
Even Historical editions (music) doesn't address opera at all - or, at least, specifically.
The following comes from the Philip Gossett article:
Does anyone have suggestions? Do we create our own "Critical edition (opera)" article? Viva-Verdi ( talk) 23:16, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Champagne all 'round for the maestro! Or maybe tomorrow depending on how you interpret his baptismal certificate. It's worth keeping his page and his opera articles on watch for the next couple of days as he may get a "Google Doodle" tomorrow which can lead to trouble. Voceditenore ( talk) 10:34, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Well, the title is rather... er... US-centric. There's a magnificent monument to Verdi in Milan by Enrico Butti facing the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti which was founded by Verdi (and where he's buried), not to mention statues of him all over Italy. It's just as well English Wikipedia has systemic bias or that template would be an even bigger behemoth than it already is. Voceditenore ( talk) 16:19, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
« L’an mil huit cent treize, le jour douze d’octobre, à neuf heures du matin, par devant nous, adjoint au maire de Busseto, officier de l’état civil de la Commune de Busseto susdite, département du Taro, est comparu Verdi Charles, âgé de vingt huit ans, aubergiste, domicilié à Roncole, lequel nous a présenté un enfant du sexe masculin, né le jour dix courant, à huit heures du soir, de lui déclarant et de la Louise Uttini, fileuse, domiciliée aux Roncole, son épouse, et auquel il a déclaré vouloir donner les prénoms de Joseph-Fortunin-François.».
Well, all that I can add to this discussion is to say that I'm spending the month of October in Italy and was in both Busseto and Parma on 10th, the day that the Italians there celebrated Verdi's birthday with gatherings, speeches, wreath layings, and Falstaff in the former and a special orchestral concert in the latter. This included a concert version of the whole of the 2nd act of Aida! It was quite a day! After the chorus sang "Va pensiero", a loud male Italian voice shouted "Viva Verdi"! and the house erupted in applause. From Italy, Viva-Verdi ( talk) 07:13, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
I saw the new composer above and added him in the list of composers by name, please do it for other composers you "create" or come across, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:02, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
This article is fairly good; its major problems are lack of sourcing. For the bicentenary, do you think we could get it up to GA? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 07:22, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Why not just replace it wiith something adapted from
Rigoletto, a much better article:
“ |
Musicologist
Julian Budden regards the opera as "revolutionary", just as
Beethoven'
Eroica Symphony was: "the barriers between formal melody and recitative are down as never before. In the whole opera, there is only one conventional double aria [...and there are...] no concerted act finales."
[1] Verdi used that same word – "revolutionary" – in a letter to Piave,
[2] and Budden also refers to a letter which Verdi wrote in 1852 in which the composer states that "I conceived Rigoletto almost without arias, without finales but only an unending string of duets."
[3]
Budden's conclusions about this opera and its place in Verdi's output is summed up by noting that:
|
” |
Adam Cuerden ( talk) 18:58, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add some more material to La Boutique fantasque. I have yet to find a suitable source for where the music for each dance comes from, but it appears that this reference gives such information:
If a more serious Rossini fan than me has this journal on their shelf and could add the complete movements and source for each in Rossini, that would be a great enhancement to the article. Thanks. Cg2p0B0u8m ( talk) 21:27, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Dear opera enthusiasts: This old submission at Afc appears to have some references. Can someone here please check to see if it should be saved from deletion under db-g13? Thanks. — Anne Delong ( talk) 15:53, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
May I nominate Marc Blitzstein for January (the 50th anniversary of his death)? The article lists 2 sources but has no inline references. Also, I'm sure people from WP:MUSICALS would be interested in helping. -- kosboot ( talk) 15:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vedontakal Vrop. Voceditenore ( talk) 20:48, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Please note here an edit war being pursued by an editor who has a strong desire to add details of a concert by a Finnish rock band to the article Richard Wagner. I have also posted this at the Wagner porject.-- Smerus ( talk) 14:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
I need some advise on the article about Nina Stemme that I try to improve. I am thinking of deleting paragraphs 2-4 in the Career section ... is that a good idea? As it is now these paragraphs seem to describe a small and not fantastically interesting fraction of Nina's busy career. Less is more sometimes. Andersneld ( talk) 09:12, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
As this theater apparently resumed hosting operas, perhaps an article could be written for it. The Apollo Municipal Theatre (aka "La Piccola Scala") in Greece is an (alleged) La Scala copy which survived WWII (A similar building on Corfu did not) and which in 2005 became home to the Festival of the Agean with what was allegedly the first opera performed ( The Barber of Seville) there (Though supposedly the Italians did so in WWII.) in over a century.
I first heard about this building in a Lonely Planet guide and think that it deserves coverage, but I lack the information to do a good article. But if anyone would be willing to assist I would be very greatful. Graham1973 ( talk) 14:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 110 | ← | Archive 114 | Archive 115 | Archive 116 | Archive 117 | Archive 118 | → | Archive 120 |
This article could use some major clean up. I worked on the lead, but don't have time for much else. Given that he just passed away in June there probably will be more current traffic to this page. 4meter4 ( talk) 14:01, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
I know I am not around much these days, but I thought I might point out that Giuseppe Verdi has a 200th birthday coming up in October. It would be nice for the project to feature one of opera's flagship composers that month. It would be great to improve Verdi's biography (FA?) and some related pages in time for his bicentennial. Perhaps User:Brianboulton and User:Tim riley would be willing to help get the article ready for FA/the main page? Also, Gerda might be able to put together some related things on the portal. What do you all think? 4meter4 ( talk) 21:30, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't think there's an article or list of fictional opera but there should be. If I was at home I might get a start on it (someone else can if they want to). Since I won't be home for 2 weeks, I'm wondering what the parameters should be. Initially I'm thinking of films in which there's an operatic sequence from an opera that doesn't really exist (Tsaritza from Maytime, Salaambo from Citizen Kane or the opera in Charlie Chan Goes to the Opera - and I'm sure there is literature that talks about opera - and maybe operas within operas. Any other ideas of what should and should not go into this article? -- kosboot ( talk) 15:57, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Can I beg some help on this? I think if we can get a well-sourced background section, which'd probably involve detailing Franz von Suppé's role in the development of Viennese operetta, and mentioning his notable works before Fatinitza, we could probably reasonably get this up to Good Article. A musical analysis section would be nice as well, but I'm not holding my breath for an opera now so strongly out of favour. Unfortunately, I don't have Grove, and am having a bit of trouble getting good sources together for the background. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 18:09, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Of possible note: While trying to write the "background" section, I consulted the Wikipedia articles Franz von Suppé and Operetta (we do not have an article on Viennese operetta). They weren't very helpful to that end, to be honest. It might be worth reviewing as to whether the text I wrote (particularly the "Background" and "Legacy" sections) might be useful to bulk out their coverage. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 12:40, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
Another one for ya: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/An Embarrassing Position (opera). Cheers, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 21:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
I only learned recently, and with great sadness, that Tom Kaufman died on April 22, 2010 at the age of 80. I knew him before I even started editing Wikipedia and remember discussing our favourite tenors on the phone years ago. Old-timers at the Opera Project will remember him as Buondelmonte. He joined the project in January 2006 when he was well into his 70s. As you can see here, he was always determined that the tenore got his due. He started the first major expansion of Grand opera and contributed greatly to the early versions of Giovanni Pacini. His last edit here (February 3, 2009) was to add Mercadante's Virginia to the list of Opera Rara's premiere recordings. There is a lovely obituary by Charles Mintzer at Opera Nostalgia: Thomas Kaufman in memoriam. – Voceditenore ( talk) 09:56, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello all,
See:
User:Shirt58/Frederick Jackson (singer).
The article for Jackson was speedily deleted twice on 27 Jul 2013. I suspect that this was because there was an online promotional campaign involved with him singing Porgy in a recent revival of
Porgy and Bess.
Most of the references to his work appear to mentions in German-language sources. Could you possibly have a little look into this, and give opinions about whether an article for him would be viable right now?
Thank you! Pete aka --
Shirt58 (
talk)
12:08, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/L'impresario delle Isole Canarie. Regards and thank you for your help as usual, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 22:30, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
I was looking at this article and noted the absence of any mention of her supposed support of National Socialism. But then I saw a note on the talk page: "This article was written by Dalia Geffen, president of the Boston Wagner Society and is used here by permission." Of course this goes against WP:OWN - meaning that the current article should be removed and a new article has to be written from scratch. -- kosboot ( talk) 14:08, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
The first performance of the cycle started on 13 August. Looking at the article, there's room for improvement. I don't want to step on the toes of authors, just some observations:
Help? The article is seen by around 1k viewers each day, but it's nowhere near the best Wikipedia has to offer. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:03, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this actually in our scope? It's a cantata, and relatively short. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 09:51, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
@Kosboot. Probably not in scope re bannering, if/when it is actually written. It was listed in our August CoM because that one focuses specifically on Verdi's non-operatic compositions, simply as a means of rounding out the coverage of him on WP (the Composers Project doesn't seem to be much interested in Verdi, at least so far). @Gerda, my inclination would be to cover all four of the "Pezzi" in one article and to have redirects from the individual pieces, given that they will be relatively short and that they are often performed/recorded together. Voceditenore ( talk) 08:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I have nominated Terry Barber's article for deletion. He has sung with some notable organizations, but in such minor roles it hasn't yielded any notable reviews of his work in the press. 4meter4 ( talk) 23:19, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
You know probably that I try to find a fact related to the day to put on top of this page. Some of the articles would profit from improvement. I plan to list those here, not starting a new section everytime.
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:52, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Care to look at this one? Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 22:09, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
I moved a lengthy discussion on my talk page about various issues with the article (especially its title) to Talk:Mikhail Shuisky (baritone)#Translation, transliteration, and titling issues. All input would be welcome, especially from German and Russian speakers, as I may have got the wrong end of the stick on some of them. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 08:53, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
We can use this section to note other areas for improvements (big or small). I'll start with:
The Italian site Internetculturale has tons of material free for distribution. I have not yet managed to figure out how to download a bigger size photo. However the site is a possible source for many missing images. here is one example Nicoderno1 ( talk) 14:32, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
I admit I don't understand the issues around non-free content, etc., the only images I have added to wikipedia have been very old paintings or so forth, but I see a discussion on AN/I right now that says "Non-free images can only be used in the articles specifically about the subject depicted in the image and no free equivalent is available." [1] Does that mean that one picture of, let's say, June Anderson could be added to her article? It seems to me as if the vast majority of articles on opera singers do not have a single picture, but if you look at Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson there are pictures, why is that allowed for them but not Anja Harteros, for instance, I don't get it. Smeat75 ( talk) 23:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
What are the guidelines for notability of opera singers? I just discovered Aida Garifullina (Аида Гарифуллина) and she's fantastic, so I was surprised to see that she doesn't have an article on the English or Russian language Wikipedia. There isn't much written about her, in English at least, but I discovered she won the Operalia this year. That would fulfill the criteria "Has won or placed in a major music competition" of WP:MUSBIO, correct? Ryan Vesey 04:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I keep coming across the need to refer the "critical edition" of an opera. However, when linking to Critical edition, you can see that it is more appropriate for literary works.
Even Historical editions (music) doesn't address opera at all - or, at least, specifically.
The following comes from the Philip Gossett article:
Does anyone have suggestions? Do we create our own "Critical edition (opera)" article? Viva-Verdi ( talk) 23:16, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Champagne all 'round for the maestro! Or maybe tomorrow depending on how you interpret his baptismal certificate. It's worth keeping his page and his opera articles on watch for the next couple of days as he may get a "Google Doodle" tomorrow which can lead to trouble. Voceditenore ( talk) 10:34, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Well, the title is rather... er... US-centric. There's a magnificent monument to Verdi in Milan by Enrico Butti facing the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti which was founded by Verdi (and where he's buried), not to mention statues of him all over Italy. It's just as well English Wikipedia has systemic bias or that template would be an even bigger behemoth than it already is. Voceditenore ( talk) 16:19, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
« L’an mil huit cent treize, le jour douze d’octobre, à neuf heures du matin, par devant nous, adjoint au maire de Busseto, officier de l’état civil de la Commune de Busseto susdite, département du Taro, est comparu Verdi Charles, âgé de vingt huit ans, aubergiste, domicilié à Roncole, lequel nous a présenté un enfant du sexe masculin, né le jour dix courant, à huit heures du soir, de lui déclarant et de la Louise Uttini, fileuse, domiciliée aux Roncole, son épouse, et auquel il a déclaré vouloir donner les prénoms de Joseph-Fortunin-François.».
Well, all that I can add to this discussion is to say that I'm spending the month of October in Italy and was in both Busseto and Parma on 10th, the day that the Italians there celebrated Verdi's birthday with gatherings, speeches, wreath layings, and Falstaff in the former and a special orchestral concert in the latter. This included a concert version of the whole of the 2nd act of Aida! It was quite a day! After the chorus sang "Va pensiero", a loud male Italian voice shouted "Viva Verdi"! and the house erupted in applause. From Italy, Viva-Verdi ( talk) 07:13, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
I saw the new composer above and added him in the list of composers by name, please do it for other composers you "create" or come across, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:02, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
This article is fairly good; its major problems are lack of sourcing. For the bicentenary, do you think we could get it up to GA? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 07:22, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Why not just replace it wiith something adapted from
Rigoletto, a much better article:
“ |
Musicologist
Julian Budden regards the opera as "revolutionary", just as
Beethoven'
Eroica Symphony was: "the barriers between formal melody and recitative are down as never before. In the whole opera, there is only one conventional double aria [...and there are...] no concerted act finales."
[1] Verdi used that same word – "revolutionary" – in a letter to Piave,
[2] and Budden also refers to a letter which Verdi wrote in 1852 in which the composer states that "I conceived Rigoletto almost without arias, without finales but only an unending string of duets."
[3]
Budden's conclusions about this opera and its place in Verdi's output is summed up by noting that:
|
” |
Adam Cuerden ( talk) 18:58, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add some more material to La Boutique fantasque. I have yet to find a suitable source for where the music for each dance comes from, but it appears that this reference gives such information:
If a more serious Rossini fan than me has this journal on their shelf and could add the complete movements and source for each in Rossini, that would be a great enhancement to the article. Thanks. Cg2p0B0u8m ( talk) 21:27, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Dear opera enthusiasts: This old submission at Afc appears to have some references. Can someone here please check to see if it should be saved from deletion under db-g13? Thanks. — Anne Delong ( talk) 15:53, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
May I nominate Marc Blitzstein for January (the 50th anniversary of his death)? The article lists 2 sources but has no inline references. Also, I'm sure people from WP:MUSICALS would be interested in helping. -- kosboot ( talk) 15:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vedontakal Vrop. Voceditenore ( talk) 20:48, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Please note here an edit war being pursued by an editor who has a strong desire to add details of a concert by a Finnish rock band to the article Richard Wagner. I have also posted this at the Wagner porject.-- Smerus ( talk) 14:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
I need some advise on the article about Nina Stemme that I try to improve. I am thinking of deleting paragraphs 2-4 in the Career section ... is that a good idea? As it is now these paragraphs seem to describe a small and not fantastically interesting fraction of Nina's busy career. Less is more sometimes. Andersneld ( talk) 09:12, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
As this theater apparently resumed hosting operas, perhaps an article could be written for it. The Apollo Municipal Theatre (aka "La Piccola Scala") in Greece is an (alleged) La Scala copy which survived WWII (A similar building on Corfu did not) and which in 2005 became home to the Festival of the Agean with what was allegedly the first opera performed ( The Barber of Seville) there (Though supposedly the Italians did so in WWII.) in over a century.
I first heard about this building in a Lonely Planet guide and think that it deserves coverage, but I lack the information to do a good article. But if anyone would be willing to assist I would be very greatful. Graham1973 ( talk) 14:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)