The translation of opera libretti is a specific problem in which a translator has to deal with unique themes, language that is not common, and, moreover, the text contains archaic expressions that are often unknown today.

For this reason, providing quality translations from Italian into Slovak (vice versa) has been a long-standing problem for the State Opera. However, we finally found an excellent expert, Marta Lomnicka, with a great bonus - she is an opera lover.

We entered into a collaboration and over the years she has translated for us, for example, Giuseppe Verdi's rarities Corsair, Joan of Arc, and his opera hits Nabucco, Macbeth a Don Carlos.

For the first time in the history of opera in Slovakia, unknown works by Gaetano Donizetti (Maria Stuarda, Poliuto and Maria Padilla), Giacomo Rossini (Otello), Vincenzo Bellini (Beatrice di Tenda) and Umberto Giordano (Fedora)were presented in collaboration with Marta Lomnicka. She also takes credit for the new translations of a number of other well-known Italian operas that have been translated long ago.

She provides us with simultaneous interpretation during the study processes of opera titles with foreign artists - I will mention at least the preparation of the opera Maria Stuarda, the operatic double titles Aleko and Iolanta, and The Peasant's Honour and The Comedians, as well as regular cooperation at press conferences and in the translation of licensing agreements. Marta Lomnicka is the type of responsible and research-oriented translator who works with precision and time reliability. I can only recommend her services.