Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Attila

Attila

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Original – Illustration of Giuseppe Verdi's Attila from the Illustrated London News, showing a London production in 1848.

Reason: Continuing the Verdi Image Project, this is the only good illustration we have for what is admittedly one of Verdi's minor operas.
Articles in which this image appears: Attila (opera)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Theatre
Creator: Uncredited; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:32, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support He's a bit theatrical about it all; it's just a little knife in the heart; don't go on about it; you are supposed to be a big tough warrior. Belle (talk) 14:54, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, with two points. First, "minor" opera? Ahem. I can think of far minor-er ones in his output. Second, I'd just like to note that the only time I've seen this was on video, and I swear Odabella stabbed him in the thigh instead of the chest in the final scene. For all the difference it made. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:53, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Well, that depends how you're counting major and minor. Comparing it to, say, Rigoletto or Aida or La traviata, this is a minor opera, but it's certainly not an unperformable one. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:44, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, yes, but compared to those isn't anything a minor opera? (And yes, I realize what a can of worms I'm opening up here. Not that I care. I'm traveling - I'm outta here before anyone can respond. :-) ) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:45, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - I think Verdi has enough on the exalted level that - for him - a "minor opera" can be a pretty high bar. For example, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Aida, Otello, Falstaff. And that's ignoring a lot of operas like Macbeth and Stiffelio that are pretty near that level of popularity. Otherwise, what would count as a minor opera for him? Un giorno? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:50, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - Which I have seen twice, actually. (My father has seen it three times.) Maybe Alzira or Il Corsaro (which I've also seen twice, oddly)? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:15, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        If there was a word for "medium-strength" between major and minor, I'd probably call Attila that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:58, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support A minor vote from me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Excellent restoration work, good EV.--Godot13 (talk) 05:00, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 18:33, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:53, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Illustrated London News - Giuseppe Verdi's Attila at Her Majesty's Theatre, London.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:36, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]