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With all due respect, for an amateur production I thought it was quite charming. All the budding actresses were very believable as young nuns. True she didn't quite nail the emotion of Senza Mamma, but better to under-egg than over-egg the pudding as this is an easy role to "ham-up", so to speak, and the emotional depth of the music lost to sentimentality. I'll certainly take her Suor Angelica over Ermonela Jaho's vibrato-heavy version, particularly in 10 years time once she's more experienced.

@@manonvernon8646 Respectfully, I think that being such young singers they got into quite dangerous terrain. They could have chosen something simpler to sing from Pergolesi or Paisiello. To allow, at the same time, the voices of each one to evolve naturally, no one begins so young singing Puccini, let alone the leading role of Suor Angelica.

@@MrFABY1966 quintessential college opera! Sorry! "If ya feel like singin' sing, try-la-la-la your cares away"

@@kevleknuk My dear friend, singing an Opera is not just singing lalalalala. I am a PhD. in Musicology, Pianist, and vocal coach for Opera singers. I am a humble human being, when I say my opinions, I do not intend to offend anyone, just maybe try to make you understand the intention of the Composer. and #SuorAngelica is one of the most difficult roles in the soprano repertoire, the final enseena is a true tour de Force for the leading soprano.

Casutama sorry, but this is a English rendition, it’s fabulous. I saw this performed by the Welsh National Opera sang in English and it was fabulous. Maybe your local opera house does performances in Austrian, but I really appreciated seeing *my* first opera several years ago sang in my native tongue. Your opinion is not the same as a fact. It lost no charm! Surtitles were in place too.

@@JulieWallis1963 Of course my comment - by its very nature - is just an opinion. Nevertheless, I find it annoying when musicals and operettas are translated. As far as I know, operas aren't translated either, and I prefer it that way. This doesn't always favour me - despite the fact that so many composers were either Austrian or German, they often wrote in Italian. Especially when you do have surtitles, it really makes no sense to me to perform the translation rather than the original. Since I live in Austria, yes, my local opera house performs this operetta in its original form. They also perform Carmen in French and Lucia di Lammermoor in Italian. The only genre where they tend to depart from that trend is with musicals - those are mostly performed in German rather than in their (mostly) English originals. And I've been lobbying for them to change that for years. Nevertheless, I didn't mean to offend you - it's completely understandable that you're glad to see something you enjoy in your native language.

Then don't watch it. I prefer a complete English version to the current practice of dialogue in English and lyrics in French or German, depending on the opera.

@@larrymoore358 My problem is not with this specific production - which I agree is excellent - but with the trend of translating operettas and musicals (and sometimes operas) in the first place. This is unnecessary in an age where an aria's translation can be displayed by surtitles where it can be much more faithful to the original, because it isn't confined by the musical format. The fact that they perform musicals like My Fair Lady in German at my local theatre has bothered me forever. I don't mind if they do the dialogue in German, but why would you tamper with the music?! I prefer things be sung the way they were originally intended.

I disagree I chose to view this production because it is not in German. I hate when they do this in German. My exposure to this work was The Met English version and I prefer it done in English always! There are excellent English translations of this piece and it is a piece that is meant to relax, laugh and enjoy not to spend the evening reading those irritating overhead titles. The pronunciation and diction of the singers is excellent. This is not a heavy, serious, Masterwork but a charming and frothy bit of Musical Theater that has a brilliance and genius uniquely it's own. I love this just as it is presented.

This is Portland State University not a high school 😊

@@clefnoteproductions6695 Oof!!

He cute too!

I thought it was delightful. This production was done entirely by university students. These are not professionals. In that respect I'd say they were remarkable!

@@forbiddenempire5447 The music of the "Fledermaus" is VERY demanding. You should not do it, if you cant manage it.

@@franziskakre8309, who the hell are you to say what people should and shouldn't do? People like you are what's wrong with the world. I doubt you even bothered to watch the video. You are, quite simply, a troll. Crawl back under the bridge where you belong.

@@forbiddenempire5447 It is simply bad. It is like listening Andre Rieu playing Mozart. Or Kim Kardashian playing Shakespeare. Of course, bad artist have the very true fan boys.

@@franziskakre8309, watch your mouth, troll. Like I said, I doubt you even watched the video because you are nothing more than a pathetic troll. I seriously doubt you have any talent at all. So you should stop talking sh!t.

In NY Times Anthony Tommisini, "In the 19th century performing opera in translation was standard practice. Verdi fully expected that when one of his operas was performed outside Italy the libretto would be translated into the language of the audience. Performing opera in translation is an honorable practice that still thrives at some companies, like the English National Opera." Just sayin'

jvdesuit1 would you want to hear ORPHEUS IN HELL in French if there were a good translation? And there is ... I was in the show.

This is a brilliant translation, so funny and sophisticated and charming. I love it. Spare me the guttural German which I have to struggle through to comprehend. I prefer this piece in English, easily digested and light and frothy as champagne1

For the most part Operas are usually presented in every other country but this one in the native language of the audience. They Translate the Libretto into the native tongue. Let's not be snobbish, egg heads here in America and nit pick about original language when most Europeans freely translate. Why insist on Original Language only productions ? I do not get the freedom and lattitude given A Director who can give Lucia a AK 47 to kill off her guest and have her toss off a quickie in the hay stack with Edgardo , or mount Tosca on the Back of a Truck , or Scarpia turn his Apartments into a brothel ,If this anything goes means of production and staging is allowed then for God sake let them sing the damn music in English!

Zubair Hossain hey feel free to send me a recording of you doing better ;)

Relax, these are college kids.

Zubair Hossain please feel free to send me a link to your _professional_ theatre critic . Because I *am* an actual theatre reviewer for a huge online magazine and I thought this was a pretty good show. Go on, send me your review, here’s mine! brumhour.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/first-opera-experience-die-fledermaus-with-wno-at-birmingham-hippodrome/

These are young college students, perhaps singing their first role. Give them a break. Please show is that you're better 😊

Portland State University

Oh my....I wonder how that happened? And they never contacted you? How terrible.....as a colleague translator, I have total sympathy and outrage over it.

Hast du dir schon einmal den deutschen Originaltext angehört? Reimform vom Feinsten. Das ist nun wirklich nicht der Punkt, bei dem man sich bei dieser Aufführung beschweren darf.

Portland State University Opera, Spring 2016 Eisenstein - Darian Hutchinson Rosalinde - Saori Erickson Adele - Hannah Consenz Alfred - Ethan Reviere Falke - Justin Birchell Orlovsky - Grace Skinner Frank - Adam Ramaley Blind - Jonathan Green