Talk:Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak

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Did you know... that Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak was the stage name of a tenor from Ukraine, with the first name chosen for his favourite role in La bohème?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:20, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak was the stage name of a tenor from Ukraine, with the first name chosen for his favourite role in La bohème? Source: [1]

Reviewed: Gozo Phoenician shipwreck

Created by LouisAlain (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 20:23, 7 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: :Interesting read.

The hook is relatively interesting; the nominators omitted to state in the article that Rusnak was a Russian prisoner of war (more interesting than the current hook) and that he caused a stir for singing Ukraininan songs in the prisoner camp (also interesting).
The passage "conducted by Oswald Kabasta in 1938, in the leading role of John the Evangelist" is not found in the cited source (Großes Sängerlexikon, Volume 4).
"Lari in Milan" - Who is Lari, is he/she notable? Can you add the occupation or more details?
Maybe add the name of his wife (Elizabeth Gerlach) in the infobox which is of note since he took on her last name. I would move the passage :* * "He toured Ukraine from 192" to the previous paragraph to maintain the article's chronological order. Also he toured Ukraine from 1929 till when? If this is not clear please stick with "he toured Ukraine in 1929".
"His most successful roles include" then you list a number of roles; however neither of the cited sources say that the listed roles are his "most successful", maybe replace with "among his roles". ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 14:00, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review, ~ Elias. Please understand that this article has 3 parents, the German author, the translator and the nominator. Here I am and have no idea who that Lari is. Someone voice teacher famous enough to be known by just surname, I guess, - but don't know. We usually don't add spouses with no article to the infobox. There is no chronological order, but one paragraph about his membership at opera houses, and another of singing elsewhere. The Ukraine sentence is my fault, how do I say that he began touring in/to Ukraine in 1929. It wasn't one tour "till", but several, if I understand it right. The source says "from 1929 he made frequent tours" - and that wording we can't take, or someone will cry copyvio. The German author said "most successful roles", no idea on which basis. Kutsch says "großen" = great, - that author probably wanted to paraphrase, and not use the same word. Changing to neutral. Finally, about the hook: many were prisoners of war (for one even mentioning this in a hook, Günther Massenkeil), but I met only one who called himself after a role ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: I'll give it another read, maybe have a third party look into some of the issues and get back to you <3 ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 08:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: good work! The article looks okay now.

~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 08:20, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]