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Lehar - Merry Widow / Kenny, Skovhus, Kirchschlager, Turay, Kunzel, San Francisco Opera
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Today almost the entire community of classical music lovers agrees that operas and operettas should be sung in the original language. The composer had the specific words in his mind when he composed the music and using any other language would be a diminishment of his work and thoughts. The Merry Widow sounds absolutely horrible in English. All the exquisite continental flavour disappears and we are left with something that sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera or worse like a shabby english/american vaudeville show. I wonder how the audiences in the English speaking countries would fancy hearing Three Little Maids From School sung in German! Its a pity though, for the artists are all accomplished singers and actors. I suppose its because of the dialogue that the San Francisco Opera has chosen to use English, but thats a poor excuse. All the modern, international,(well paid!!!) opera stars should be able to master german fluently both in singing and in dialogue. Lets hope that this type of production soon will become extinct.
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