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That's very interesting, is comfort with the language a factor in selecting conductors, do they learn multiple languages like singers often do?
Eighteenth French complaints about opera can tend to focus on the idea of whether the language fits the medium and wanting the words to be understood, and the culture puts a lot of value on clarity and accurate enunciation when speaking so I've tended to see that as an aspect often emphasised in French opera.
(And the Puccini double bill sounds amazing btw, not as common to get to see those two of his!)
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