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In Defense Of Opera In English Translation

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: January 9, 2019 7:35 am

Mark Wigglesworth, former music director of English National Opera, makes the case: “If opera is drama first and foremost, why is the question of the language it’s sung in so hotly debated? Shouldn’t the same rules as drama apply? I don’t hear complaints about Ibsen or Chekhov being compromised by translations. … Both Verdi and Wagner were energetically supportive of translations. If we could ask them about surtitles, I suspect they wouldn’t understand the question.” — Bachtrack

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Published: 01.09.19

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