| 释义 |
surtitle, n. orig. N. Amer.|ˈsɜːtaɪt(ə)l|
[f. sur- + title n., after sub-title.]
A caption projected on to a screen above the stage during the performance of an opera, esp. to translate the libretto or explain the action. Freq. in pl.
Registered as a proprietary term (Surtitles) in Canada.
1983N.Y. Times 6 Feb. ii. 20/6 The Canadian Opera Company this season presented Richard Strauss's ‘Elektra’ in German with English ‘surtitles’, so called because the words of Hugo von Hoffmannsthal's libretto were projected on a screen above the proscenium. 1983Trade Marks Jrnl. (Canada) 20 July 25/1 Surtitles... Projection of translations of spoken text and song to stage locations during live artistic performances. 1984Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Dec. 24/3 The Australian Opera will use surtitles at all performances in languages other than English in 1985. 1986Stage & Television Today 7 Aug. 19/3 I'm all against surtitles, because the vertical ping-pong you have to play..means that you can never relax. 1988Plays Internat. Aug. 37/3 Thanks to Michael Glenny's translation beamed over the stage in the form of surtitles, the whole thing was immediately comprehensible.
Hence ˈsurtitle v. trans., to provide (an opera production) with surtitles; ˈsurtitled ppl. a.; ˈsurtitling vbl. n.
1986Times 23 June 3/2 Glyndebourne..faced an angry response when it surtitled a touring production in 1984. 1986Daily Tel. 23 June 5/5 ‘Surtitling’ is common in North American opera houses. 1986Times 27 Dec. 17/1 Assistant director Paul Findlay is now contemplating a surtitled Wagner Ring. |