Hello everyone, A small theater company in my town is going to be putting on Gianni Schicchi next year, and somehow (I'm never sure how these things happen!) I was tricked into being the assistant director, as well as perhaps (hopefully!) singing Lauretta. I barely knew the role, let alone the whole opera, until a few days ago, and I'm only 16-years-old, but my teacher really thinks that getting involved in this production will build character. What this really means, of course, is that I'm responsible for doing all the time consuming busy work :) The opera is going to be performed in English translation, because our audience is not a particularly educated one, and my teacher assigned me the task of finding a respectable translation that is singable, true to the original libretto, and that preserves the opera's humour. As I said, I am not particularly familiar with Gianni Schicchi. What translation is most commonly used? The one is my score (Ricordi) is by Anne and Herbert Grossman. Is this a standard translation?
Many thanks to all who reply!
---Kate
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