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The Rosetta Method (to say nothing of the Spanish Inquisition)

28 Thursday Oct 2021

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Don Carlos, languages, Opera, the rosetta stone, the spanish inquisition, translations

My favourite way of learning languages is by reading – and no, you are not surprised.

And of course it may take some time before one is proficient enough to really read – but I find that, once I have the hang of basic grammar, one great way to reach that level of proficiency is what I like to call the Rosetta Method: reading the same text in a language I know, and then in the language I’m learning. I love the way it makes me see the language in action, while at the same time forcing me to work out the different cogs-and-wheels of different languages… Continue reading →

The thing with tenors

17 Thursday May 2018

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Attila, Characterization, Don Carlos, Il Trovatore, Opera, Samuel Ramey, tenors, Thomas Hampson, Turandot

I’ve had for years No Tenors Allowed, this lovely CD of opera duets for bass and baritone, with Thomas Hampson and Samuel Ramey singing a variety of pieces, from comic to dramatic to downright tragic – and clearly having great fun with the whole thing.

I love it to bits – but then again, not only Hampson and Ramey are two of my favourite opera singers ever, but I have always had a soft spot for bass and baritone voices – and characters. Continue reading →

A glimpse of Don Carlos

08 Saturday Aug 2015

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Boris Christoff, Conrad Veidt, Don Carlos, Friedrich Schiller, Giuseppe Verdi, images, Leyla Gencer, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, William Dieterle

For several reasons I was put in mind of Don Carlos, yesterday – both Schiller’s and Verdi’s. So I thought I’d post a few images…

Let us begin with the frontispiece of the first published version in Der Teutschen Merkur, in 1787.

2005-1_038a_Dom_KarlosThen a highly romanticized view of the eponymous hero in a 1859 engraving by Friedrich Precht.

CatturaAbout the same time, here is an illustration by Wilhelm von Kaulbach:

Kaulbach_9_Bilder_Mueller__500x763_Now Conrad Veidt and William Dieterle as Carlos and Posa in the 1924 silent movie Carlos und Elisabeth:

bp1592And a 1936 Ukrainian production of the play:

pic_F_R_Franko New Drama Theater Schiller Don Carlos (Kyiv 1936) (stage design by A Petrytsky)And the opera? Here a 1963 production at La Scala, in Milan, with Leyla Gencer as Elisabeth:

hqdefaultAnd the great Boris Christoff as King Philip:

ChristoffI find that both play and opera have fascinating histories… maybe we’ll talk about it, eh?

 

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