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(Classical Music) (usually plural) a brief translation of the text of an opera or play that is being sung or spoken in a foreign language, projected above the stage
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|Noun||1.||surtitle - translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage|
interlingual rendition, translation, version, rendering - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
opera - a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes