Most of l the others might as well have sung in Esperanto for all the good it clid. At last night's “The Rhinegold,” there were a few singers who did.make sense, notably Marvellee Cariaga as Fricka. Very few opera singers seem to have the ability to sing with clear diction. The idea, of course, is to make opera “intelligible” to a local audience who now Presumably wiii be able to understand what is happening on stage.īut it seldom works out that way. ![]() During the regular season, operas are given in the original language and followed by an equal number of performances in translation. Opera in English is a permanent feature of the Seattle Opera. ![]() IAST SATURDAY.Saw the completion of: the,Seattle ‐Opera's “Ring” cycle m German, and last night saw the beginning of the Wagner tetralogy in, English, in the Andrew Porter translation.
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