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Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Набо́ков; May 10, 1934 – February 22, 2012 [1] [2]) was an American opera singer and translator. Born in Berlin, he was the only child of Russian parents: author Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Véra; they emigrated to the United States from France in ...
Amanda Juliet Holden (née Warren; 19 January 1948 – 7 September 2021) was a British pianist, librettist, translator, editor and academic teacher.She is known for translating opera librettos to more contemporary English for the English National Opera, and for writing new librettos, especially in collaboration with Brett Dean.
Don Carlos [1] is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller and several incidents from Eugène Cormon's 1846 play Philippe II, Roi d'Espagne. [2]
William Fense Weaver (24 July 1923 – 12 November 2013) [1] was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. [2]Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino, [3] but translated many other Italian authors over the course of a career that spanned more than fifty years.
The opera's story is set in the mythical empire of the Southeastern Islands and involves five principal characters: the Emperor , the Empress , her Nurse (mezzo-soprano), Barak, a lowly dyer (bass-baritone), and the Dyer's Wife (dramatic soprano). A sixth character, Keikobad, King of the Spirit Realm and father to the Empress, sets the plot in ...
Polifemo's original and revised librettos were published in Italian with English translation by Colley Cibber. [40] [23] [22] Seven excerpts from the opera were published in full score in The favourite songs in the opera call'd Polypheme (London: John Walsh, 1735). [41] It included the following: Lusingato dalla speme; Senti il fato; Alto Giove ...
Sams' many translations include plays by Botho Strauß; Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Puccini's La Boheme, and Wagner's The Ring Cycle for ENO; The Merry Widow for Covent Garden; Les Parents terribles, The Miser and Mary Stuart for the Royal National Theatre; The Threepenny Opera for the Donmar Warehouse; and What's in a ...
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work (called an opera) which combines a text (called a libretto) and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes