Talk:Königskinder

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Königskinder was an opera premiered in 1910, but it had a rich, long life before that. I have spent serious time researching this piece, and if it's all right with everyone, I will expand this article over the next few weeks. - Dunkelweizen 22:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Names in roles table

An anon IP user from Germany made changes to the names in the roles column of the table, changing English to German. Since these are not proper names, I believe this change is not in accordance with the guidelines of WikiProject Opera. Any thoughts? --Francesco Malipiero (talk) 15:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a bit odd, because only the names of the first four characters have been done - why not Besenbinder, Hirt, etc.? I'm fairly relaxed about this, but I think that the English-language names should be first (this is EL WP), with the German in brackets. Of course, as you imply, they aren't actually names, just descriptions or occupations - cf Rusalka, most of the characters in Il piccolo Marat, Friedenstag, Wozzeck, Die Frau ohne Schatten, etc. I notice that German translations also appear in the FrOSch article (English first, though) and there are some links in Rusalka (surely "The Duchess" should be "The Foreign Princess"?). --GuillaumeTell 16:47, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have made the change and put the English language names first, with the German italicised in brackets (cfr Die Frau ohne Schatten). I will also start a new section on the Rusalka talk page concerning the "role" of the Duchess. Best. --Francesco Malipiero (talk) 17:10, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Needs updating. Konigskinder was produced in Zurich during the 2007-08 season, with Jonas Kaufmann, and I'm listening to a Berlin Philharmonic broadcast from December 15-17, 2008 as I type this. I'm sure there have been other recent performances (e.g., Munich!).Tjfloyddc 18:15, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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