tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8072621207384092248..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Beggar's Opera - in Italian!Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-85999877855860507922014-10-23T22:55:46.898-04:002014-10-23T22:55:46.898-04:00By "sketchy," I mean I can tell it from ...By "sketchy," I mean I can tell it from French and Spanish, and recognize the occasional word. <br /><br />It might be an interesting experience, though I don't know this opera very well I have to admit. It's one of those things that's been on my list for a long time, but I've never gotten around to more than reading about it.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7428908880375570392014-10-23T22:29:32.144-04:002014-10-23T22:29:32.144-04:00(another extract here - featuring all the female c...(another extract <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVmwBk_4MA" rel="nofollow">here</a> - featuring all the female characters named in the last verse of "Mack the Knife")Joseph W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09480728887840887200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-60510877116689973342014-10-23T22:23:03.606-04:002014-10-23T22:23:03.606-04:00Mine is nonexistent - the closest I have is a few ...Mine is nonexistent - the closest I have is a few terms of endearment in Portuguese. But I know the songs well in English. That was part of the interest for me...I've listened to many operas in languages I don't speak with a libretto, and I wanted to see what the experience was like when I knew the originals by heart. The short answer was, "delightful."<br /><br />They didn't just sing it in Italian, either; in a way they <i>made</i> it Italian. <br />I especially like their take on "Liliburlero" (1:38:15) and the scene with Mrs. Trapes (1:42:15) (all the characters in both scenes are crooks of one kind or another). <br /><br />(It's a kind of multiculturalism I can get behind...like this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDv2Ax7lnE" rel="nofollow">Greek rendering</a> of one of my favorite Scottish songs.) <br /><br />My favorite English <i>Beggar's Opera</i> isn't available in full on YouTube...it's got Roger Daltry, of all people, as Macheath (an extract is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swt0vXi18Ss" rel="nofollow">here</a>).Joseph W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09480728887840887200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-22415874180503558012014-10-23T15:51:33.025-04:002014-10-23T15:51:33.025-04:00My Italian is a bit sketchy.My Italian is a bit sketchy.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com