Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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nd and Alice: Ah! like a rose that withers on the stem, She now is hovering twixt death and life!Arthur: Hence, thou traitor, hence betake thee, Ere our rage shall oerwhelm thee! One by one the characters in the scene take up their portions of the sextette until thegreat climax is reached. Quartetto—Tallontana, sciagurato (Get Thee Gone!) By Pereira, Maggi, Bettoni, de Gregorio (In Italian) *68454 12-inch, $1.25 Henry and Edgar, who have drawn their swords, are separated by Raymond, who com-mands them in Heavens name to sheath their weapons. Henry asks Edgar why he has come,and exhibits the signed contract, but Edgar refuses to believe the evidence of his eyesand asks Lucy if she had signed it. With her eyes fixed on him she tremblingly nods herhead in assent. Edgar, in a furious rage, tears the contract in pieces, flings it at the faintingmaiden, and rushes from the castle as the curtain falls. * Pouble-Faced Record—See page 259. 256 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE O PERA—DONIZETTIS LUCIA
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RAYMOND ANNOUNCING THE TRAGEDY ACT III ACT III SCENE I— The Tower of Ravenswood Castle Edgar is brooding on his misfortunes when a horseman rides up, dismounts and entersthe tower. It proves to be Sir Henry, who has come to challenge Edgar to a duel to thedeath. They agree to fight the following morning, and in this duet ask the night to hastenaway, that their vengeance may be consummated. O sole piu rapido (Haste, Crimson Morning) By Giuseppe Acerbi and Renzo Minolfi (In Italian) *62644 10-inch, $0.75 SCENE II—Hall in Lammermoor CastleThe peasants and domestics of the castle are making merry at their feast in honor ofthe marriage when Raymond enters, greatly agitated, bearing the fearful news that Lucy hasbecome insane and has killed her husband. O qual funesto avvenimento (Oh! Dire Misfortune) By Aristodemo Sillich, Bass, and Chorus (In Italian) *62644 10-inch, $0.75 Raymonds tidings have scarcely been spoken when Lucy enters, pale and lovely, and allunconscious of the horrified

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