Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Le Cid: Act 2, Scene 3

Le Cid, Act 2, Scene 3

Original - Jules Massenet's Le Cid, Act 2, Scene 3, from L'Illustration's coverage of the opera's première. The climactic event of the early opera: Rodrigue's father has obliged his son to defend his honour, but Rodrigue only afterwards learns that the person he has to duel is his beloved Chimène's father, the Comte de Gormas. He is honour-bound to go through with it, and wins the duel, but Chimène now both loves and hates him, and this internal conflict powers the drama of the rest of the opera.

Reason

I love Le Cid. It's a fantastic opera, combining a strong plot with wonderful music.

So... when I saw a chance to get a copy of the 5 Décembre 1885 copy of L'Illustration - the edition that covered the première - I snapped it up. This is the second of four illustrations printed therein - expect the rest to follow. The 19th century had some spectacular set design, and this image shows it off wonderfully. The original scan contains two images, so, if you'll pardon me, I'll upload it with the second, as Commons has been a little awkward for me of late.

Articles this image appears in

Le Cid, Le Cid (opera)

Creator

Auguste Tilly

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Suggest uploading a lower resolution courtesy copy for people who have slow connections. In some parts of the world it could take half an hour to see the current version. Quite good, though. Durova^Charge! 17:07, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Commons has been a bit erratic for me the last two days. I'll see about doing that once it resolves to behave a bit. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:55, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support - a.) we need more operatic featured pictures, so I approve; b.) this is of fine quality; and c.) I'm a sucker for Massenet generally, and Le Cid especially (not to brag, but I saw Domingo in the part in Washington some years back, and it remains one of the highlights of my local opera-going experience). Glad to see there are other Massenet fans out there. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 18:09, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Arr, you lucky bugger =) I've neevr actually got to see it performed =/ Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:04, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
    • Well, the only reason we got it is because Domingo's general director of Washington National Opera, so he gets to pick what he wants to show. Still, you know how it is these days; if it ain't Top 40, why bother with it in the first place? --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 20:49, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
      • And yet I've been unfortunate enough to see Tippet's The Knot Garden. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk)
• Support (you missed a small scratch just above the blade, and perhaps another one slightly above and to the left of that) -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 19:03, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

• Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out - it's easy to miss stuff like that with these big 'uns. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Support per Durova. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:09, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Jules Massenet - Le Cid 2e Acte, 3e Tableau - L'Illustration.jpg MER-C 11:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)