Article,
Opera Translation : An Annotated Bibliography
The Translator, 14 (2): 427--451 (2008)
Abstract
This annotated bibliography is a product of our long-standing interest in opera translation and media accessibility. It covers earlier works in the field from musicology, as well as the later works from within translation studies; both reflect the multifarious nature of opera, which requires examination from a variety of perspectives. The bibliography includes entries in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, because these are the languages we are familiar with; nevertheless, many of the entries offer examples also from other language pairs. We include works of specialists in the field, such as Ronnie Apter, Mark Herman, Klaus Kaindl, Dinda Gorlée, Lucile Desblache and Marta Mateo, but we also review articles which have been overlooked yet are still significant in the realm of opera and its translation, such as those by W.H Auden and Sigmund Spaeth. Although the bibliography cannot lay claim to comprehensiveness, we believe that the selection offered will be useful to future researchers in the field.
