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Operatic Italian

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This book is the ultimate oxymoron: a lively, entertaining grammar of the kind of Italian that they sing on the opera stage. Contains many passages from actual operas and exercises which enable readers to teach themselves. Enlivened by anecdotes and photos.

“All translations to a greater or lesser degree misrepresent the original, often missing the power of individual words, and losing or ignoring implication, nuance and innuendo. It is curious that a book like Italian for the Opera has not been written before. Students of opera need not be convinced that operatic Italian is considerably different from everyday spoken Italian. It is the aim of this book to present a clear, logical key to the operatic world of Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, et al, an aim at which the author succeeds admirably.”
...Dr. Richard Sjoerdsma, Editor of the Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing
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