Handel's Anniversary 3

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praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve
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adulation
But despite all this adulation for Handel’s music, the operas remained untouched
complicated and difficult to understand
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convoluted
The convoluted plots were thought to make them unperformable.
to remove the testicles of a male animal or a man
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castrate
they were written for the star castrati of Handel’s day
finally, after much waiting
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at long last
at long last some of them were revived in the 1920s
a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice.
(in 17th- and 18th-century opera)
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castrato
pl castrati
the rise of the countertenor, the modern equivalent of the castrato without the unacceptable job requirements
to write or perform a piece of music in a musical key that is different from the one that it was first written in
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transpose
they were transposed an octave down for a tenor or a baritone
a complete change from a bad situation to a good one
Pol. całkowity zwrot
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turnaround
Happily, the past few decades have brought a complete turnaround in the appreciation of the operas
Pol. repertuar
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repertoire
many of operas have entered the mainstream repertoire.
____ furniture or clothes are those in the style of a particular time in history
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period
more research into period performance
a man who is trained to sing with a very high voice
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countertenor
the rise of the countertenor, the modern equivalent of the castrato without the unacceptable job requirement
something that is very special or beautiful
Pol. klejnot
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gem
the growth of the recording industry, always on the lookout for new gems.
impressive beauty, power, or size
Pol. wspaniałość, majestatyczność, wzniosłość
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grandeur
“that dignity and grandeur of sentiment which music is capable of conveying”.
done in a sensible and careful way
Pol. rozsądny, roztropny
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judicious
Handel’s work will “continue to engage the admiration of judicious hearers as long as the love of harmony shall exist.”

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