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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with officers to arrest the Count. Overture to Barber of Seville By La Scala Orchestra, Milan *68010 12-inch, $1.25 ACT I SCENE I—A Street in Seville. Day is BreakingThe Count, accompanied by his servant Fiorello and severalmusicians, enters to serenade the beautiful Rosina. Accom-panied by the mandolins, he sings his serenade, Ecco ridente. Count: Lo! smiling in the Orient sky,Morn in her beauty breaking,Canst thou, my love, inactive lie—My life, art thou not waking?Arise, my hearts own treasure,All that my soul holds dear;Oh! turn my grief to pleasure!Awake, my love, appear! Even such a lovely serenade as this fails to bring a response from the window, but theCount still lingers, concealing himself in the shadow as he sees Figaro, the jack-of-all-tradesof the village and general factotum in the house of Bartolo. Figaro unslings his guitar andsings that gayest and most difficult of all airs, the joy or despair of baritones the world over. Largo al factotum (Room for the Factotum)
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COPYT OUPON SEMBRICH AS ROSINA By Pasquale Amato, BaritoneBy Emilio de Gogorza, Baritone (In Italian) 88181By Titta Ruffo, Baritone (In Italian) 88391By Guiseppe de Luca, Baritone (In Italian) 74514 (In Italian) 88329 12-inch, $3.00 12-inch, 3.0012-inch, 3.00 12-inch, 1.50 Figaro is thoroughly satisfied with himself, and gives along list of his numerous accomplishments, of which thefollowing is a sample: Figaro: Room for the citys factotum here,La, la, la, la, la, la. 1 must be off to my shop, for dawn is near,La, la, la, la, la. la. What a merry life, what pleasure gay,Awaits a barber of quality.Ah, brave Figaro; bravo, bravissimo, brave.La, la, la, la, la, la. Of men, the happiest, sure, art thou, bravo.La, la, la, la, la, la, etc.

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