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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sorceress and consult her. The friends agree, and the plotters, headed bySamuel and Tomaso, see a chance to further their plans. SCENE II— The Hut of Ulrica The hut is crowded with people who have come to have their fortunes told. Thesorceress stands over her magic cauldron and sings her incantation. Re dell abisso (King of the Shades) By Carolina Pietracewska, Contralto (In Italian) 76005 12-inch, $2.00 She calls on the abyssmal king to appear and aid in her mystic rites. Ulrica (as if inspired) : The ominous lapwing. Hasten, O King of the Abyss! Three times, too, has been hissing Fly through the ambient air The venomous red dragon, And enter my abode. And three times have been groaning Three times has been heard screeching, The spirits from the graves! The Governor now arrives, dressed as a sailor, and accompanied by his companions.They are conversing with the witch when a knock is heard, and all leave the hut by Ulricasorders except Richard, who conceals himself in a corner. 305
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COPVT DUPONT CARUSO AS RICHARD VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —THE MASKED BALL Amelia enters and asks the sorceress to give her peace of mind by banishing a lovewhich she cannot control. The witch promises speedy relief if Amelia will gather a certainherb which grows near the town gallows, and from which can be brewed a magic liquor. Delia citta alloccaso (Hard by the Western Portal) By Ida Giacomelli, Soprano; Lina Mileri, Contralto; Gino Martinez-Patti, Tenor (In Italian) *68143 12-inch, $1.25 The frightened girl consents to go that very night, and takes her departure. Ulrica nowadmits the people again, and Richard, in the character of the sailor, asks her to tell his for-tune. His inquiry of the prophetess takes the form of a barcarolle—the favorite measure of asea-song—and the ballad, vigorous and tuneful, has all the swing of a rollicking song of the sea. Df tu se fedele (The Waves Will Bear Me) By Enrico Caruso, Tenor, and Metropolitan Opera Chorus (In Italian) 87091 10-inch,

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