Talk:A Little Night Music

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Tonight's Wayne State University Opera Workshop production of this musical had a programme book that quoted a large portion of this Wikipedia article, and cited the source as "Source, Wikipedia Encyclopedia" 141.217.25.161 02:25, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Page moved 2 Musical quotation? 3 Historical Link of the Story to the last of the Vasas 4 Wondering if this issue was already handled... 5 Disputed Neutrality? 5.1 Mme Armsfeldt's Death

[edit] Page moved

I have moved this page to A Little Night Music. Its previous title - "A Little Night Music (the film)" - is incorrect: firstly the article is mainly about the stage musical, mentioning the film only briefly; secondly, Wikipedia naming conventions would dictate the page be called A Little Night Music (film) - not "the film", and thirdly, there's no need to disambiguate as A Little Night Music currently exists only as a redirect to this page. UrbaneLegend 15:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Musical quotation?

I just realized the other day that near the end of "A Weekend in the Country" it sounds as though SS quotes the very opening of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Anyone else ever notice this? Or is it a coincidence? Or am I dreaming? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

No, you aren't dreaming at all. Good ears! The Rosenkavalier horn quote was added by orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, as he reveals in his introduction to the published script of the musical (Applause, 1991, 7). 69.239.185.206 06:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Link of the Story to the last of the Vasas

The youngest son of the founder, Adolf Frederick of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp a.k.a. the 2nd Vasa dynasty of Sweden, Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland and his mistress Sophie Hagman had a daughter, Sophia Frederica, about whom this tale may have been written. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.50.16.21 (talk) 08:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Wondering if this issue was already handled...

This article is listed as NPOV (articles needing cleanup, etc.) but I cannot see where that applies. I'm trying to get me feet wet in something "light to medium" so if there's something here needing a fresh perspective, let me know. Otherwise, I'll just move along. Ebonyskye 09:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed Neutrality?

Why is this tagged as such? It seemed rather neutral to me

[edit] Mme Armsfeldt's Death

When I saw the work onstage I had no idea that Mme Armsfeldt died at the end: all we see is the old woman falling asleep in her wheelchair and there is no subsequent dialogue to make clear what happened. (When the New York City Opera did their version on TV, they were careful to focus the camera on Regina Resnick as she pantomimed a fatal stroke.) Wheeler and Sondheim may have been a little too subtle for their own good, expecting the audience to intuit what was in their minds at that point.

I also want to point out a wierd blooper in the movie version. In the stage version Henrik reads a religious line to Anne and attributes it to Martin Luther. In the movie version, which has been transferred to Catholic Vienna, Henrik reads the SAME LINE and attributes it to Saint Augustine! If the rewriting was that bad, it's no wonder the movie was a flop.

CharlesTheBold (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2008 (UTC)