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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her that unless she consents to wed Arthur he will bedisgraced and ruined. This begins another duet, the Se tradirme. Se tradirmi, tu potrai (Im Thy Guardian) By Huguet, Soprano ; Cigada, Baritone (In Italian) *62089 10-inch, $0.75 Henry: Lucy: Im thy guardian, darst thou brave me? Im thy sister, dost thou love me! Im thy brother—wilt thou save me? I am dying, will that move thee! From the hands of thee, my sister, From the hands of thee, my brother, Must I meet a traitors doom? Must I meet now this dreadful doom! See the axe. by one thread hanging; Hopeless misery all surrounding, Hark! the deep toned deathbell clanging. Een while the marriage bell is sounding: Hath affection lost all power? Fear and hate will be my dower; Wilt consign me unto the tomb? Better had I wed the tomb! However, convinced of Edgars falseness, she half consents to the sacrifice, and retiresto prepare for the ceremony. * Double-Faced Record—See page 259. 254 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—DON IZ ETTIS LUCIA
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ACT II, SCENE II, AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA SCENE II— The Great Hall of the Castle The knights and ladies sing a chorus of congratulation to the bride and bridegroom,while Sir Henry greets the guests and asks them to pardon Lucys agitated bearing, as she isstill mourning for her mother. Lucy enters and is escorted to the table where the notary is preparing the marriagepapers. Believing her lover false, she cares little what becomes of her, and passively signsthe contract. Pale as death and almost fainting, she is being supported by her faithful maidand her family adviser, Raymond, when suddenly a terrible silence ensues, as Edgar, thelover of Lucy and the deadly enemy of her brother, appears at the back of the room dressedin a sombre suit of black. The wedding guests are dumb with amazement at the daring ofthe young noble in thus presenting himself unbidden at the house of his enemy. The greatsextette, the most dramatic and thrilling number in the entire range of opera, now begins.

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