tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post343503125916347374..comments2024-01-04T13:56:52.127-05:00Comments on Regie, or Not Regie?: Sunday Brunch – Sull' Aria (Rothenberger & Jones)Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-28400536355732190892012-12-17T19:24:08.457-05:002012-12-17T19:24:08.457-05:00I learned Figaro in the Martin translation. It'...I learned Figaro in the Martin translation. It's not bad, till you realize what the Italian is all about, and that the English bears very little resemblance to the original.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-67343209744516310542012-12-17T13:58:38.620-05:002012-12-17T13:58:38.620-05:00If this weren't a video I would never have ide...If this weren't a video I would never have identified the Countess as Jones. Admittedly this is lip synched but I have never heard her voice under such control. Even her first records, all pre Wagner, one can her the seeds of a lack of steadiness--possibly her video of Rosenkavalier is an example of her best singing. I don't mind the da Ponte operas in German until they start the recits: it's all down hill. On the other hand the Ruth and Thomas Martin English translations were horrible. I too owned that Nozze with Prey and Gueden; it wasn't as glamorous as the Giulini but it was a good performance. EMI later released a live performance from Salzburg in German with Schwarzkopf and Schoeffler and conducted by Furtwangler (I think). Well sung as I recall but not as lively as the studio German set. David Dollingernoreply@blogger.com