Off The Beaten Track Librettos - English Translations

[Guest]

Been very fond Philipe Manoury's opera '60th Parallel' ever since I bought it a number of years ago on Naxos.

Playing it the other day, I suddenly could not bear not understanding what they were singing.

Cheap and cheerful Naxos offer no translation of the French libretto. I know the plot, but I want to follow the meaning of the singing.

Does anyone know where a translation can be had?

Short of cutting and pasting it and doing a Google translation on it, I am at a loss.

[Nick Armstrong]

I'd email the Berkeley Symphony in California - they gave the US première under Kent Nagano:

http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/about/contact_us/

maybe they have something in their archives they could send you...

Or... cut out the middle man, just email himself: pmanoury@ucsd.edu

http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=%20Philippe%20Manoury&query_Active_Status=Faculty%203%20Emeritus

[Beef Oven]

I'd email the Berkeley Symphony in California - they gave the US première under Kent Nagano:

http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/about/contact_us/

maybe they have something in their archives they could send you...

Or... cut out the middle man, just email himself: pmanoury@ucsd.edu

There's a recording of the Nagano performance but I haven't heard it.

http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=%20Philippe%20Manoury&query_Active_Status=Faculty%203%20Emeritus

Bloody good ideas Cali

I might do the lot. Gotta feeling that one of them might come up roses!

And thanks for the links

There's a recording of the Nagano, but I aint heard it.

[jayne lee wilson]

This can be a huge frustration! In 2001 Teldec released an immaculate set of Nono's Al Gran Sole Carico d'Amore, complete with the full text in... German, French, Spanish and Italian. With, er, neither synopsis or English translation. I mean, sunk ships and bits of tar...

Usually you do get the text and translation with recordings now... I recall calling Glyndebourne once to get the libretto for Birtwistle's The Second Mrs. Kong; Russell Hoban's text is still available, but... there's still no recording.