Giacomo Puccini’s opera translations – standards in translation and Polish theatrical tradition Cover Image

Przekłady oper Giacoma Pucciniego – normy translatorskie a polska tradycja teatrPrzekłady oper Giacoma Pucciniego – normy translatorskie a polska tradycja teatralnaalna
Giacomo Puccini’s opera translations – standards in translation and Polish theatrical tradition

Author(s): Agnieszka Muszyńska‑Andrejczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Puccini; operatic libretto; standard in translation

Summary/Abstract: The paper will discuss the translations of Giacomo Puccini’s operatic librettos that are present in Polish opera theaters, the Great Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw in particular. Among the examples there are translations in poetic key, those made strictly for singing purposes and philological ones. They illustrate standards in libretto translation that have changed over time.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 99-112
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish