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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zed.A bust was recently erected at Lille, his birthplace, and at the foot of the pedestal are repre-sented Rozenn, Margaret and Mylio, the three chief characters in Le Roi dYs, which isregarded in France as the composers best work. Blaus libretto is based on an old legend about the flooding of the ancient Armoricancity of Is, or, as Blau called it, Ys. The King of Ys is at war with his neighbor, the Princeof Karnac. His daughters, Margaret and Rozenn, both loved a Knight, Mylio, but he is sup-posed to have died in battle. The King has bargained with Karnac, proposing that he shallwed Margaret, and thus end the exhausting war. The Princess does not relish the thought ofthis alliance, and when Mylio proves to be still alive she decides to wed him even at the costof her fathers kingdom. Karnac is enraged at the insult and challenges Mylio to a duel.The King agrees to give his other daughter, Rozenn, to the victor. M\?lio wins and Margaret, 437 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —THE KING OF YS
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THE STATUE OF SAINT CORENTIN WARNING KARNAC ACT II furious that her sister should possess My/io, induces Karnac to flood the city by opening thesluice gates which keep out the sea. When the water begins rising the King and his familyflee to high ground, Karnac taking the reluctant Margaret with him. As they watch the floodsbegin to destroy the city and drown the inhabitants, the Princess, remorseful, confesses herguilt and precipitates herself into the flood. Her sacrifice saves the city, however, as SaintCorentin rises from the sea and commands the waters to recede. Vainement, ma bien aimee (In Vain, My Beloved) By Edmond Clement, Tenor (In French) 74264 12-inch, $1.50 fMelodie (Violin-Flute-Harp) By Neapolitan Triol. -Anr, lrt • _«, Pastel—Menuet (<Paradis) (Violin- Cello-<Piano) Tollefsen Trio)11** 10mCl1 .75

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