May 16 2008
♪ 1:37
Best thing I learned today: the standard way of representing operatic libretti is using the IPA, and the singers (and their coaches) are trained to read it. The image is a sample from act 1 of La Bohéme — line 1 is the IPA representation, line 2 is the original language, and line 3 is the word-for-word English translation.
Smart.