Template:Did you know nominations/Günther Schneider-Siemssen

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Günther Schneider-Siemssen

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Günther Schneider-Siemssen

... that the scenic design for Wagner's Ring cycle by Günther Schneider-Siemssen (pictured) was shown at the Metropolitan Opera from 1986 to 2009? Source: [1]

Reviewed: Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Comment: Best on his birthday, 7 June. - I found the article as a draft when I wanted to fill the red link, only did minor formatting.

Moved to mainspace by LiamRowe (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 10:14, 3 June 2019 (UTC).

Right now there's an unreferenced paragraph that needs to be cited (the one that starts "As a guest..."), so this will need to be resolved before it gets promoted. The hook is okay, but there seem to be other aspects about his career that are more eye-catching. How about:

ALT1 ~~!-- ... that the stage designs of Günther Schneider-Siemssen were used in opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires?~~

ALT2 ... that Günther Schneider-Siemssen (pictured) pioneered and developed a symbolic style of using hand-painted projections and sophisticated special effects for opera set designs?

Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:21, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Narutolovehinata5, thank you for looking and suggesting. I looked for a reference for Teatro Colon, but can't find any but his website, and something is so wrong with it that I won't even link to it. (Google finds it, but then you end somewhere else ...) Instead, I have now the more general (and more impressive) list from the obituaries. I wish we had a short way to name the Austrian Bundestheater as the Germans can do. ALT2 is a good idea, but doesn't suggest the worldwide impact. I picked the Ring cycle because its significance (20 hours of music, many scenes to design) is rather well known, and to keep one production that long is unusual and tells a lot about its quality, + he received a price for it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply as I've been rather busy in real life. The article seems to meet requirements and a QPQ has been done. The part about him being buried in an honorary grave is unreferenced. As I proposed ALT1, I'll probably have to leave the rest of the review to another reviewer, but these are the main issues at the moment. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 11:23, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

I added a ref for the grave group and number. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:44, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, ready for a new reviewer to choose between ALT0 and ALT2. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 13:12, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

I prefer ~~ALT2~~ as it sounds more interesting. I assume good faith on the German reference. SL93 (talk) 01:02, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

The original works also and I understand the nominator's reasoning, so it is best to pick that one. It is referenced fine as well. SL93 (talk) 01:07, 6 July 2019 (UTC)