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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a tender addressof farewell, saying:Did I not send thee, sweetest hero, tofresh exploits, frail were my love. ACT ISCENE—Castle of King GuntheTSiegfried joyously sets out onhis journey and soon comes to theCourt of King GuntheT on the Rhine,•where dwells also Gunthers sisterGutrune, and their half - brotherHagen, who is a son of Alberich, thedwarf. Hagen knows the history ofthe Ring and is anxious to restore itto his father, so he artfully tries towin the help of Gunther. Knowingthat the hero is approaching thecastle, he outlines this scheme,which is to give Siegfried a drinkwhich will make him forgetBriinnhilde and fall in love withGutrune, after which Gunther canwin the peerless Briinnhildeior him-self. Gunther is tempted, and whenSiegfrieds horn announces his approach he consents. Siegfried greets them as friends, andwhen offered the magic drink he accepts and immediately loses all recollection ofBriinnhilde. Seeing the lovely Gutrune, who stands with lowered eyes, he exclaims:
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Gutrune: Welcome, 0 guest, to Gibichs house! From its daughter take thou the drink. Siegfried (gazing on Gutrune with a kindlingeye):Thou fair one, whose beamsMy breast have enflamed,Why fall thus thine eyes before mine? (Gutrune looks up at him, blushing.)Ha! sweetest maid!Screen those bright beams!The heart in my breastBurns with their strength. Gutrune, trembling with emotion, leaves the Hall, and Siegfried, gazing after her, asksGunther if he has a wife. The King, prompted by Hagen, replies that he knows of one hewould wed, but that she is surrounded by a magic fire which he cannot pass. Siegfriedseems trying to remember his past, but fails, looks confused, then suddenly says: Siegfried (with a sudden start):I—fear not the fire,And thy bride fain will I fetch; For thy own am I And my arm is thine: If Gutrune for wife I may gain! In order that Briinnhilde may think that it is Gunther who has won her, it is agreed thatSiegfried shall, by means of the Tarnhelm, change himself into

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