Portrety Hrabiny Rozyny w tłumaczeniu
Portraits of Countess Rosina in Translation

A Few Remarks on “Porgi, amor” (“Pour, o Love”) and “Dove sono i bei momenti” (“Where Are Those Happy Moments”) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo Da Ponte, and Stanisław Barańczak

Summary/Abstract: Problems of vocal translations are made subject of the paper. Following Stanisław Barańczak, translation text for singing consists in the greatest language mastery and also is constrained by a number of rules and regulations. Even the smallest structural-semantic deviation from the original may lead to consequences when confronted with music. Barańczak’s vocal translations are seen as a separate phenomenon, and also as an interpretive challenge not only for the performer, but first and foremost for music-literature borderline researcher. An analysis of Countess Almaviva’s songs reveals that Rosina in the original and in the translation are different characters. Barańczak creates a figure that is not conflicting to its prototype, but functions complementarily in a new intermedial reception mode.

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