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The Otello set design image is fantastic; it's the first such image I've ever seen on Wikipedia, let alone as an FP. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 17:29, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Wanted to say that I agree. It really is fantastic. Nice work, @Adam Cuerden! – czar 18:13, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

@Bobamnertiopsis and Czar: There's actually a number of them on the Gallica site, ready for use. I'd like to bring a lot more over. It was a very exciting find. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:16, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Color me impressed that they've been preserved for over a century too...while not exactly flimsy if built correctly, set models have lots of little handcrafted pieces that could very easily be lost to improper care over time. Super neat, thanks for the fabulous stagecraft history find here, Adam Cuerden! BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 18:25, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Now on the FC page- I swapped 'em for that manky old print. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:34, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Never occurred to me that Harry Shearer of The Simpsons had an occupational name.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

• Two nitpicks. One: Otello is a four-act opera, not three. And two: Don Carlo, no tunes? Ahem. Considering the number of times I have come to grief attempting to whistle "Trema per te" or "Tu che le vanità" (trust me, you don't want to hear that), I must disagree. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:48, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

• Your nitpicks have been passed to the management, who have amended the statements and chastised the editors. "And now on Radio 3 some notes by Harrison Birtwistle, re-arranged in the form of a melody". Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:51, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what's left of the confusion Otello versus Otello. Hafspajen (talk) 12:32, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm not a Guanche, so no further nitpicks. An observation, though: I believe this is the first time in recorded memory that the words "Birtwistle" and "melody" have been used in the same sentence; well done. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:27, 25 August 2015 (UTC)