Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OperaUpClose

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 14:25, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OperaUpClose

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Delete as non-notable. While there are sources given for this article, in my view they are not significant enough to establish notability. The company itself is really not the primary subject of any of the sources; two of which are performance reviews and one which is really more about the director. My searches for reliable independent source where the company itself is the primary subject (ie not a performance review) have yielded nothing; and really that is what is needed in this case. 4meter4 (talk) 04:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further comment. Some of the claims in this article are completely untrue; such as "the longest running continuously performed La bohème of all time". Without even examining the Met's history and other major houses (many of which I suspect could easily challenge this claim), the Broadway run of bohème ran for 6 shows a week for 7 months in 2002-2003 which beets out the 5 month run of this company (see here). Further, this company was not even the first to stage operas in a pub; its been done before by several other companies (most notably the Montana Lyric Opera in the US which performs in a pub with established opera singers like Monica Yunus of the Metropolitan Opera). Really this is just a local novelty that drew some minor press coverage (Come down y'all for a beer and cheep show seems to be the jist).4meter4 (talk) 04:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as obviously notable per WP:GNG. The press coverage referenced in the article is already sufficient to verify notability - the interview with the director is entirely in the context of this directorship of OperaUpClose, and the production reviews are the usual way by which the notability of a theater company would be established. Five minutes on Google suggests there are a large number of other independent sources discussing OperaUpClose which could be added to the article. Many of these articles do specifically talk about OperaUpClose as a subject, not just their productions.

This "local novelty" has attracted national press coverage in the UK[1] [2] [3] (and many more) and as far afield as Israel [4] and Australia[5].

The issue raised by 4meter about whether or not it is the longest running performance is clearly a content issue which should not be considered as part of a deletion decision, and I have no idea whether it is true or not, but it is clearly verifiable: [6]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thparkth (talk • contribs) 11:39, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep — it probably scrapes GNG given the coverage. The UK papers cited are national papers, not local, plus it made the news in Australia as well, and opera companies almost inevitably draw their notability from the productions. But with a couple of provisos:
1. The write-up in The Cock Tavern Theatre be shortened to one sentence with a link to this article (which had been copied verbatim from there without proper attribution).
2. "longest continuously performed La Boheme of all time" is clearly untrue, as 4meter4 pointed out.[7] The Stage reference merely repeats the company's press release.
In fact. I'm going to fix both issues now. Voceditenore (talk) 13:59, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - this company appears to have only produced one opera and does not very obviously appear to have plans to produce any more. Nevertheless, given the amount and weight of coverage, as noted by Voceditenore, I don't see why they shouldn't have their 15 minutes of Wikipedia fame. --GuillaumeTell 16:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been notified to WikiProject Opera. – Voceditenore (talk) 15:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.