Talk:Ballet of the Nuns/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 00:54, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

This looks pretty good on the whole, but a few points to deal with:

1. Some of the references don't properly link to the full bibliographic reference. I think it's because you're leaving out the year, perhaps? The Kirsten 1984 links work ("Kirsten" and "Kirsten 1984" are the same, right?)
2. I think it's worth briefly explaining ballet blanc and romantic ballet on first appearance. Makes the article more accessible.
3. There's a couple paintings by Edgar Degas of the ballet: File:Edgar Degas, The Ballet from Robert le Diable, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a larger one, File:Robert-le-diable.jpg, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum created for Jean-Baptiste Faure. This feels like something that should be discussed here. Here's a good source for some basic information: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.552
4. The people who performed Robert and Bertram should be mentioned, not just the Abbess.
5. There's quite a bit of information in Robert le diable, e.g. here, the end of the background ("The composer undertook further work on the opera in early 1831, converting spoken passages to recitatives and adding ballet episodes, including, in act 3, the "Ballet of the Nuns", which was to prove one of the opera's great sensations, and which Henri Duponchel had suggested to replace the original humdrum scenario set in Olympus. He also rewrote the two major male roles of Bertrand and Robert to suit the talents of Nicolas Levasseur and Adolphe Nourrit, respectively.") This should really all be in here as well.

Judgement: A good start. On hold to deal with the issues above. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:54, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, nominator's blocked, and there's been no comments in a week, so...

✗ Fail