Talk:La reine de Saba

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Jay, is there some reason to remove the premiere cast member's names? Sparafucil (talk) 23:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppss, it must accident, I'll put it back. Sorry and thanks for telling - Jay (talk) 01:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why does it say four acts when that is patently wrong? I too have a copy of the vocal score which states that it has five acts. The plot summary on the Gounod website also shows this to be the case. vide http://www.charles-gounod.com/vi/oeuvres/operas/saba.htm 82.17.95.135 (talk) 14:50, 6 July 2008 (UTC)Robbie Langton[reply]

Hi, Is your edition published by Chouens as well? Mine says four acts on the title page, but it has enough material in 'act 3' to make two halves. I wouldnt be very surprized to find such differences in succesive printings; Huebner (the source of the most of the gounod.com material) tries to tell them apart by citing according to the final page number, which of course changes when material is added or cut (usually!). Feel free to relegate the 4 act ed. to the footnote, if you have a source that corroborates Grove. Sparafucil (talk) 01:14, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My edition is by Choudens, arranged Bizet. No sign of any publication date on it. I think it has been rebound - got it second hand - but it seems complete. The last page, for what it is worth, is 254, ending with a final bar double barline at the end of "Final". It says "Grand Opera en 5 actes" on the title page, and the Catalogue des Morceaux shows division into five acts: act one: air to cortege ( 1 - 4); act two: the founding of the sea of bronze (5); act three: choeur to septuor (6 - 12); act four: choeur to do et choeur (13-17); act five: scene to final (18 - 21). I think therefore Groves is corroborated. But I don't have the material to write the necessary footnote about there being a four act version in print as well which would be needed if I made the change myself. 82.17.95.135 (talk) 15:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]