Because it performs operas in their original language, it uses surtitles to translate the libretti into English. |
This production of Bizet's hot-blooded opera is to be sung in French with English surtitles and features a new set by Felix Bessonov based on the city of Seville. |
This show, performed in Arabic with English surtitles, is a vital complement in that it is a report from the inside. |
There are surtitles, of course, but in the quick, conversational repartee of the Prologue, the machine has trouble keeping up. |
The libretto was re-written for raciness and local flavour and sung in English with surtitles, which seems redundant but was surprisingly handy. |
One plus was the use of surtitles which allowed for instant translation. |