Talk:Riccardo Drigo

Work In Progress

I am working on this article whenever I can - I will finish as soon as possible.

Thanks Rjwilmsi for the spelling corrections - I am notorious for typos!!!

If anyone has images that they can contribute or any relevant information, please send me a message.

--Mrlopez2681 07:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Composer project review

I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. It merits the B rating, and with some work, could achieve GA or A rating. Read my full review on the comments page. (I've raised the Biography and Opera ratings to B as well; I doubt the standards are different enough for those projects.) Questions or comments can be left here or on my talk page. Magic♪piano 20:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Conducted premiere of Puccini's Le Villi?

I cannot find any independent verification of this claim, although it now appears in various mirror sites, all sourced from our article, usually taken word for word.

Our Le Villi article claims the conductor at the original version in May 1884 was an Arturo Panizza, although as you'll see from the talk page, there is some doubt as to whether the Panizza involved was Arturo, Achille, Alfredo or Giacomo - but the virtually universal consensus among external sources is that, whoever it was, his surname was Panizza and not Drigo.

The conductor of the revised version later that year was Giovanni Bolzoni, and I've seen no alternative suggestions that it was Drigo.

If Drigo was involved in either of the premieres, it could only have been the original premiere, because if Puccini had to revise and restructure the opera so drastically, who would he have telegraphed the conductor annually saying how happy he was with the way it came out? It just doesn't pass the logic test. For now, I've put fact tags on this claim, but I'm going to remove all reference to Drigo's claimed association with Le Villi unless some reliable source can be found - quickly. -- JackofOz (talk) 19:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

the reference comes from this article - Scherer, Barrymore Laurence. Riccardo Drigo: Toast of the Czars. Published in Ballet News - January, 1982, pp. 26-28. Tt says, quote - "Among his most memorable Italian seasons was the Carnival of 1886 at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice where he conducted both the world premiere of Ponchielli's Marion Delorme and the Venetian premiere of Puccini's Le Villi. Very young and very nervous, the future composer of Madame Butterfly sent his thanks to Drigo in an effusive telegram, and to the end of his days kept a warm place in his heart for him." This reference is taken from Drigo's Italian bio, (Travaglia, Silvio. Riccardo Drigo: l'uomo e l'artista) which also expands on this reference and mentions Puccini's yearly telegrams. Anyway the mistake is mine....I've fixed it!!--Mrlopez2681 (talk) 23:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Le Talisman

The revival premiered on December 12 [O.S. November 29] 1909 at the Mariinsky Theatre, with an audience consisting of the Dowager Empress Marie Fyodorovna.

Was she really the only person in the audience? -- JackofOz (talk) 08:04, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

More music

I suggest to include the file at right.Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:00, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Very helpful informative article. I would, however, have been interested to see also a section on Drigo after his death - in particular how he is regarded now. The article certainly gives the impression he was very successful and highly regarded in his day. I was therefore a bit surprised that I had never head of him: I am not knowledgable on ballet, but do know a fair bit about other areas of music. --Sauter6 (talk) 12:16, 9 November 2008 (UTC)Sauter6 ==Composers Project Assessment of Riccardo Drigo: 2008-11-29== This is an assessment of article Riccardo Drigo by a member of the Composers project, according to its assessment criteria. This review was done by Magicpiano. If an article is well-cited, the reviewer is assuming that the article reflects reasonably current scholarship, and deficiencies in the historical record that are documented in a particular area will be appropriately scored. If insufficient inline citations are present, the reviewer will assume that deficiencies in that area may be cured, and that area may be scored down. Adherence to overall Wikipedia standards (WP:MOS, WP:WIAGA, WP:WIAFA) are the reviewer's opinion, and are not a substitute for the Wikipedia's processes for awarding Good Article or Featured Article status. ===Origins/family background/studies=== Does the article reflect what is known about the composer's background and childhood? If s/he received musical training as a child, who from, is the experience and nature of the early teachers' influences described? Good ===Early career=== Does the article indicate when s/he started composing, discuss early style, success/failure? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed? Good, but no personal details. ===Mature career=== Does the article discuss his/her adult life and composition history? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed? Good, but no personal details. ===List(s) of works=== Are lists of the composer's works in WP, linked from this article? If there are special catalogs (e.g. Köchel for Mozart, Hoboken for Haydn), are they used? If the composer has written more than 20-30 works, any exhaustive listing should be placed in a separate article. Good ===Critical appreciation=== Does the article discuss his/her style, reception by critics and the public (both during his/her life, and over time)? Some stylistic discussion and contemporaneous reception; more specifics on his musical style would help, as would (echoing the comment above the review) some space on the composer's relative lack of historic appreciation. ===Illustrations and sound clips=== Does the article contain images of its subject, birthplace, gravesite or other memorials, important residences, manuscript pages, museums, etc? Does it contain samples of the composer's work (as composer and/or performer, if appropriate)? (Note that since many 20th-century works are copyrighted, it may not be possible to acquire more than brief fair use samples of those works, but efforts should be made to do so.) If an article is of high enough quality, do its images and media comply with image use policy and non-free content policy? (Adherence to these is needed for Good Article or Featured Article consideration, and is apparently a common reason for nominations being quick-failed.) Adequate. No sound. ===References, sources and bibliography=== Does the article contain a suitable number of references? Does it contain sufficient inline citations? (For an article to pass Good Article nomination, every paragraph possibly excepting those in the lead, and every direct quotation, should have at least one footnote.) If appropriate, does it include Further Reading or Bibliography beyond the cited references? Article is referenced; no inline citations. ===Structure and compliance with WP:MOS=== Does the article comply with Wikipedia style and layout guidelines, especially WP:MOS, WP:LEAD, WP:LAYOUT, and possibly WP:SIZE? (Article length is not generally significant, although Featured Articles Candidates may be questioned for excessive length.) I think the lead is actually too long (leads are often too short), and could use trimming. The works list is arguably long enough to merit placement in a separate article. ===Things that may be necessary to pass a Good Article review=== Article requires more inline citations (WP:CITE) ===Summary=== An interesting article about a somewhat obscure (today) figure. The biography is a decent professional and musical biography, although it is not clear to me where his music lies stylistically, as the article focuses on the stage aspects of his work. The bio is lacking in personal details; we do not know if he married or had children, for example, or who important personal friends were. There is little discussion of him posthumously; that someone so famous then is relatively obscure now is worthy of discussion. The article does not include any sound clips. Its lead is, to my taste, too long; some of the detail should be trimmed. There are references but no inline citations; this is likely a bar to GA/FA review for an article of this length. With adequate citation, this article might pass a GA review; with appropriate content additions, it might merit a Composer A rating. Magic♪piano 20:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

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