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[edit] Synopsis of operas - Layout: In spite of suggested format in Un ballo in maschera article, is there in fact a "standard format"?

The break down into Acts and scenes is all over the place.

A. The Ballo suggestion produces:

[edit] Act 1

Scene 1. Text starts here etc. Using this format, we see Act 1, Act 2 etc as a subtitle of Synopsis is the Contents Box.

[edit] Act 2

Scene 1. then the text.


B. A Second Format is:

Act 1

Nothing appears in the Contents Box and text continues beneath.


C. And yet a 3rd format found is simply:

Act 1

Scene 1, The Duke's palace With no period, and text starts right away or sometimes with no period and text is beneath via a line break.


Is there a consensus as to which format we'd like to see used?
And is Un ballo in maschera the best example to use? Viva-Verdi (talk) 23:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
As I understand it, Un ballo in maschera is only cited as an example to follow in the matter of "noted arias" (which, we've agreed elsewhere, are better inserted where they occur in the synopsis, rather than appearing as a separate section). There seems to be no standard for the layout of synopses, and I agree that it would be good to have one. --GuillaumeTell (talk) 01:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


Then I would propose that we do the following as in the I masnadieri article: Viva-Verdi (talk) 18:04, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Act 1

(Appears in bold face as sub-heading in Contents Box for ease of finding. If the Act is named, the name appears on same line as the act)

Scene 1: The Duke's palace

(Appears in italics - with colon after scene number - and with scene location part of the heading)

Line break here

Text of the scene synopsis appear after line break.

[edit] Conclusion?

I have just completed the synopsis for La fanciulla del West and removed noted arias section, the same way I did for Aida synopsis, Turandot synopsis, Otello synopsis, La traviata synopsis and Tosca synopsis. We don’t really have standard format, but as agreed before, we will remove “Noted arias” section once we have written complete storyline (synopsis) +adding the arias in it. When I have the time, I will continue with Manon Lescaut’s synopsis. I also created another aria article - Ch'ella mì creda libero article (I translated using machine translation). I believe it is important to have at least 1 or 2 aria articles for any operas. This is just my opinion. As for Giulio Cesare synopsis, I don’t have the DVD to watch and write down the details + the arias by scenes like I did for others; and that is why I leave the “Noted Arias” section as it is. If you guys like to come out with standard heading etc, why not make it official by putting it at the "WikiProject Opera/Article styles and formats" mainpage. It would make easier to all of us. PS- A for La fanciulla del West synopsis, feel free to fix the grammer (as always), I know my english sux! - Jay (talk) 02:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

WELL, WE JUST NEED AGREEMENT ON A FORMAT AND THEN IT CAN BE PUT ON THE "STYLES AND FORMATS" MAIN PAGE. Viva-Verdi (talk) 05:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Hearing no objections, the Fanciulla and I masnadieri article format seem to be best way to proceed, and I shall do so. Viva-Verdi (talk) 19:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)