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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Opera in the Original Language
Message-ID: <236@whuxj.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-May-84 10:29:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 14 10:29:53 1984
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Personally, I prefer to listen to operas in their original language, since
the composer worked the lyrics into the music. (Admittedly, I also like to
see a well-done libretto, so I can follow what is going on).  I fear that
much is lost in the translation - I suspect that much is lost from Shakespeare
(or George Bernard Shaw, if you prefer an example closer to our times) when
his plays are presented in a language other than English.
Bill Mitchell
Bellcore
Whippany, NJ  (whuxj!wjm)