"Shakespeare's Untranslatable Englishness Translated into Opera" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo576/ Author: Bottez, Alina. Type: Journal Article Year: 2016 Publication Information: Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 2, no. 1 (2016): 193–212. (https://www.metacriticjournal.com/article/43/shakespeares-untranslatable-englishness-translated-into-opera) Annotation: Evaluates "opera translations" as "part of the cultural adaptation process," with extended analysis of Carlo Prospero Defranceschi's libretto for Falstaff (1799, music by Antonio Salieri) and later nineteenth-century operas. English summary, 193. Language: English Persons: Salieri, Antonio; Defranceschi, Carlo Prospero Keywords: libretti Tags: Music, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Translation Studies WSB Update: Summer 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbo576