Talk:Opera South

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[edit] Looking up stuff...

Err, are there three different opera companies being referenced, two in USA, with one there as long ago as 1971?

Google books is broke ATM, but got this partial

William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography - Google Books Resultby Judith Anne Still, Michael J. Dabrishus, Carolyn L. Quin - 1996 - Music - 331 pages
"Opera-South premiere." New Orleans Clarion Herald, November 21, 1974. Review of the world premiere of A Bayou Legend produced by Opera/South at Jackson, ...

books.google.com/books?isbn=0313252556...

Maybe someone can check again later ?

"This production, prepared for television by the Mississippi Center for Educational Television and Opera/South, has been lovingly conceived and ..."

NY Times TV: STILL'S OPERA OF THE SOUTHLAND, 'A BAYOU LEGEND' By RICHARD F. SHEPARD Published: June 15, 1981

"Last week in Jackson, Miss., the only professional black opera company in the U.S., a 3½-year-old group called Opera/South, presented the world premiere of Still's 33-year-old opera A Bayou Legend."

[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943088,00.html?promoid=googlep Time Magazine, Opera in Mississippi Monday, Nov. 25, 1974]

There's more 'stuff', but someone would have to organize as to what documents which. Shenme (talk) 05:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Split

This should be split into two different articles with a disambig page. --Kleinzach 23:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC

Might be a good idea, but should probably be done once each of the ones on this page have a detailed enough description. Although alone they may even fail on notability... (I realised that my original page creation for the English one was very shaky on notability shortly after it had been made) Lethesl 01:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
OK. If the English one is non notable it can be deleted and the article moved to 'Opera South (USA)'. How about that? --Kleinzach 02:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Yep, sounds good. IMO none of them are particularly noteworthy (there are many of these type of small organisations), but that is for other people to decide, if the articles eventually get put up for AFD or not Lethesl 18:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)