The Duke’s Swinging Girls, Or, How To Deal With Opera Librettos

“The subtitles also use words and phrases like ‘yikes,’ ‘get a load of the new dupe,’ ‘jackpot,’ ‘pack of lousy, rotten rats,’ ‘home run’ and ‘dreamboat,’ none of which, it is safe to say, would have been uttered by Verdi or Piave.”