Template:Did you know nominations/Maria Carbone

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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 05:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Maria Carbone

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... that Maria Carbone appeared in 1931 as Desdemona in a complete recording of Verdi's Otello, in one of her only two recordings?

Reviewed: Gwendoline Konie
Comment: Women in Red music

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 10:50, 4 February 2016 (UTC).

New enough, long enough. The hook is cited and interesting. My main problem is the reliance on one source, and additionally the last paragraph requires at least one inline citation. It shouldn't take much to fix this. Raymie (t • c) 04:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

It's two sources, the Italian book and the German in line thing. I don't have access to the book, which is the (only) foundation of the Italian article which I translated. Perhaps Voceditenore could help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:23, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

I've expanded the article slightly and added several more sources. Gerda, I agree with Raymie about the Italian source and removed the "Literature" section containing it. First of all, it's called Grande Enciclopedia della Musica Lirica (not "Opera Lirica"). More importantly, it's a four volume work, and with no volume and page number it's meaningless. There are now other much more suitable sources in the article. Hope that helps. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:08, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much! It was a spontaneous creation of the first recorded Desdemona in our discography who should not stay a red link ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:13, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

You're very welcome, Gerda :). Just one thing. I changed the date of the two recordings to 1931, which is the accurate date of their recording and verified it with two new references. The Großes Sängerlexikon, which Operissimo seems to have copied almost verbatim, states 1933 (perhaps when they were released in Germany?), but all other sources give 1931 as the actual recording date. Hope that's OK. You'll have to change the date in the hook from 1933 to 1931. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:07, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Done, thanks, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

The article and sourcing have really improved, and the corrected hook is good to go. Raymie (t • c) 17:33, 14 February 2016 (UTC)