Talk:Rudolf Bing

During his long and triumphant tenure, he opened the house to African-Americans, with Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price as the most prominent examples.

To say that Bing "opened the house to African-Americans" is to imply that a closed-house policy had been in place and that Bing changed that policy. Is that, in fact, the case?
Is a house opened from within or from without? Some might argue that Marian Anderson is the one who "opened the house to African-Americans."
The house can be "opened" only once; the house wasn't "re-opened" for Leontyne Price.

Hence, my edit: During his long and triumphant career, Marian Anderson became, on January 7, 1955, the first African American to sing at the house.

ForDorothy 20:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with your statements above. Nothing wrong with your addition except the ghastly grammar. I've cleaned it up and moved it to a better place. Vivaverdi 00:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf or Rudolph?

Is there any sourcing for the ph spelling of his name? Robert K S 09:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's just an error. I have asked for admin assistance to fix the redirect, which I think I messed up. -- Ssilvers 18:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]