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Projected impact: like it or not, titles have been with us for nearly fifteen years. Barbara Jepson takes stock of the ways in which simultaneous translation has changed the world of opera forever.
It was the final act of La Boheme at Washington Opera. Mimi, failing rapidly, clutched Rodolfo's arm and pleaded, "You won't leave me?" A laptop pressed into last-minute service to deliver the text translations flashed this unexpected rejoinder: "Your battery is failing and your screen has been dimmed to conserve power." The audience roared, and a poignant moment in opera was upstaged.
For better or worse, text translations -- projected above the proscenium or transmitted electronically to display screens on the seatbacks of chairs -- have altered the way we experience opera. If done well, they enhance understanding of plot and character. If done poorly, they ...
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