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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had also promised to wedMarcellina, the ex-housekeeper of Bartolo,on the very same day. Further complica-tions are promised by the fact that theCount, already wearying of his wife, ismaking love to Susanna himself. Overture By Pryors Band *35109 12-inch, $1.25 ACT I SCENE I—Jl Room in the Counts Chateau At the opening of the opera Susanna tells Figarothat the Count is trying to flirt with her, and Figaro plansrevenge. Figaro: Haply your lordshipMay be for dancing,I to such prancingPlay the guitar, sir.Would you cut capers,Come to my teaching,Soon the aim reaching, Perfect you are!Jesting and laughing,Feasting and quaffing,Singing and playing,Compliments paying,All his close stratagemsI shall find out—yes, Ilfind out! Se vuol ballare, Signor Continor (WillYou Dance ?) By Herbert Witherspoon, Bass (In Italian) 64473 10-inch, $1.00 Marcellina has confided in Dr. Bartolo, and as theportly doctor still harbors a grudge against Figaro forrobbing him of his ward, he consents to help her.
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COPYT DUPON CALVE AS CHERUBINO The Countess, who seems to be theonly one in the castle not engaged in intrigue of some kind, thinks only of her husband,and how to bring him back to her side. Double-Faced Record—See page 296. 292 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO ACT II SCENE I—Jlparlment of the CountessAt the beginning of Scene I, the Countess sings her lovely appeal to Cupid. Porgi amor (Love, Thou Holy Impulse) By Teresa Arkel, Soprano (Italian) *63419 10-inch, $0.75 Susanna enters and tells the Countess of her husbands fickleness and they consult Figaro, who plans to make the Count jealous by telling him that the Countess is to meet a lover that evening in the garden. It is planned to send Marcellina in the Countess place, and Cherubino, dressed as a young girl, to meet the Count in Susannas place.Figaro departs, and Cherubino enters. Seeing his mistress, he begins to heave deep sighs, but Susanna mocks him and tells the Countess he has written a song about hi

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