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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lowers. Ricke, think-ing of her past, is melancholy, but themarriage ceremony is performed and thebride and bridegroom are left alone.Federico clasps her in his arms and singshis beautiful air to the eyes of his bride. Non chiuder gli occhi vaghi(Close Not ThoseDreamy Eyes) By Enrico Caruso, Tenor (In Italian) 87054 10-inch, $2.00 Forgetting the past, Ricke yields herself to the joy of the moment and tenderly kisseshim, when suddenly from the forest is heard a familiar voice singing an old student song. Worms! joyfully cries Federico, and runs out to meet his old friend, who is wasted andbattle-scarred. Worms, in a dramatic aria, tells his friend how he has literally come back from the dead.He relates his thrilling escape from prison, his delight in his new-found liberty, and hisearnest desire for vengeance. Worms is astonished to see Ricke, who has been listening half hidden behind the folds ofa curtain. She looks coldly at him and he uneasily says he must be on his way. Federico 175
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CARUSO AS FEDERI VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — FRANCHETTFS GERMANIA protests, but Worms insists and departs.Ricke, overcome by this reminder of herpast misfortune, resolves to leave her hus-band, and writes him a note and flees intothe forest. Federico returns, reads thenote, and wrongfully concludes that shehas fled with Worms. ACT II SCENE—A Cellar in KonigsbergIn this underground retreat Worms isagain plotting against Napoleon. A meetingof the Council is in progress, when Federicoappears and demands that Worms shallfight with him to the death, but Worms,kneeling, asks Federico to kill him. Federicoreplies with a violent blow in the face, atwhich Worms decides to fight him, andpreparations for the duel are begun. Theyare interrupted by the entrance of QueenLouise, who suggests that such brave menhad better be using their swords for theircountry. Fired with enthusiasm, theenemies embrace each other and swear todie for Germany. EPILOGUE SCENE— The Battlefield of LeipzigThe awful

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