Sentences with phrase «english libretto»

Anna Nicole is an English opera in 2 acts and 16 scenes, with music by Mark - Anthony Turnage to an English libretto by Richard Thomas.

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Somewhat like Mozart transforming the rather silly libretto for The Magic Flute into the most extraordinary melodies, Shakespeare can take the rather pedestrian awkwardness of English, with its clumsy consonant clusters, random stress accents, and unmusical cadences, and turn it into an arresting melody.
The Met refused to stage it, however, when he insisted the libretto be sung in French, not English.
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