The Elixir of Love - Nemorino's aria "What a beauty"

[terrorfan24]

Well I agree with you but if you study the score and the music ahead of time you know what is going on. I agree with what you are saying hughdrover and thanks for the little saying at the end of your post. I guess I am just the kind of guy that goes to a opera after I have studied the score and storyline in great depth.

[terrorfan24]

SING THE SONG IN ITALIAN!!!! It doesn't sound right to me even in a poetic translation. Of course I am a person that if it was written in a certain language I prefer it stay in that language to be sung.

[hughdrover]

In opera, a 'song' is not meant to be just a lot of pretty sounds. The words further the drama, the story, the character and, in a comic opera like The Elixir of Love, the humour. All that is lost if it is in a foreign language. But à chacun son goût. (I'll leave the translation to you)

[MazzKC]

This vid is great! Phil O'Brien has such a beautiful tenor voice and he is amazing live! I went to see him in this very production a few years ago and now he is singing with ENO! Thanks so much for the vid =)