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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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ers me, I fear to touch thy hand. Zurga: A fatal love both our souls possess. They speak of their sudden realization of the fact that they had both fallen in love atsight with the priestess, and fearing their friendship was in danger, they swore never to seeher again. The comrades, now pronouncing themselves entirely cured of their infatuation,pledge anew their friendship and swear to be brothers to the end. A fisherman now enters and announces the arrival of the mysterious veiled lady whocomes once a year to pray for the success of the fisheries, and whom the Ceylonese haveadopted as their guardian saint. She enters and begins her prayer. Nadir recognizes hervoice and realizes that it is the priestess Leila. The pearl fishers sing a chorus of appeal toBrahma for a blessing, in which Leila joins. * Double-Faced Record—See page 388. 385 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-BIZETS PEARL FISHERS Brahma gran Dio (Divine Brahma!) By Linda Brambilla, Soprano, and La Scala Chorus (In Italian) *68062
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CARUSO AND DE LUCA IN THE RECENT METROPOLITANREVIVAL her breast she refused to betray him and he escaped to safety. 12-inch, $1.25Leila goes into the temple and thepeople disperse. Nadir, left alone, is agi-tated by his discovery, realizing that hestill loves the maiden. He recalls thememories of his first sight of her in alovely song. (Italian) Mi par cTudire ancora (French) Je crois entendre encore(I Hear as in a Dream) By Enrico Caruso,Tenor (In French) 88580 12-inch, $3.00By Florencio Constantino.Tenor (In Italian) 74067 12-inch, 1.50Leila reappears and the act closes withher prayer to Brahma for the good fortuneof the fishermen. Just as the curtain fallsshe recognizes Nadir, and contrives to lethim know that she loves him. ACT II SCENE—A Ruined TempleAs the curtain rises Leila and Noura-bad, the high priest, are seen, they havingsought shelter in the ruins of an ancienttemple. The high priest, in a fine air,reminds Leila of her oath to renounce loveand marriage and devote herse

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