RIGOLETTO - the meeting with Sparafucile

[injuryandinsult]

why on earth should this be in english???

[hughdrover]

Essere o non essere, questo è il problema. Verdis libretto is in English for an English audience for the same reason that Hamlet becomes Amleto for an Italian audience. Farsi capire. Avete capito?

[injuryandinsult]

yes but we're not talking about just some character's name, they are singing entirely new lyrics that of course can't perfectly fit with the music that was originally written for italian lyrics :)

anyway the're both swell :)

[dn827]

that's quite gd especially for the rigoletto actually just a pity that it's not sung in italian

[02kissme]

Can't make out if this is supposed to be in English or what other language...but nice voice on the part of both. Rigoletto a little bare on top at times....hmmm.

[hughdrover]

Of course it's sung in English. Can't understand your problem. The words are all on the right, if you have difficulty with comprehension, but both the singers' diction is pretty good.