Talk:The Alcestiad

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Did you know... that The Alcestiad, an opera based on a Greek myth and written collaboratively by Thornton Wilder and composer Louise Talma, was premiered by the Oper Frankfurt in German?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Alcestiad, an opera on a Greek myth written in collaboration by Thornton Wilder and composer Louise Talma, was premiered by the Oper Frankfurt in German? Source: several

Reviewed: ~~to come~~ Template:Did you know nominations/Ghansi
Comment: This was "the first full-length opera by an American woman staged at a major European opera house" but if we say all that we used all the space a hook can offer.

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 09:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

GRuban, any image of Talma? There's one of both in the interview under External links, but I'm afraid that's not possible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:22, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lots at the Library of Congress, including most of those from the interview, but they don't say they are public domain, unfortunately, and don't say when/where they were first published. If there were a newspaper with a photo, or a cover photo on one of her works, that might be possible, we could hope it wouldn't be renewed, but we need publication information. --GRuban (talk) 17:40, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the search. - I DO hope that readers will find the interview, and the bio-book, because they really have much more detail. - I'm behind for Beethoven's works ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. As sources are foreign-language, unable to check for close paraphrasing. Hook is interesting; foreign-language hook refs AGF and cited inline. I'm donating a QPQ to help this along. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 13:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]