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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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ir. Sogno soave e casto (Fond Dream ofLove) By Giuseppe Acerbi, Tenor (In Italian) *62624 10-inch, $0.75 Before leaving his uncle, Ernesto begs him to consult Dr. Malatesta for advice, but Don Pasquale says it was the Doctor himself who proposed the plan and offered his own sister as the happy bride. Ernesto is astonished to hear that the Doctor, who he thought was his friend, had deserted him. SCENE II—A Room in Norinas HouseNorina is reading a romance, and at the beginning of her air quotes from the book: Quel guardo (Glances so Soft) By Giuseppina Huguet, Soprano (In Italian) *68272 12-inch, $1.25 She then declares that she, too, knows the value of a glance and smile. Cavatina—So anchio la virtu magica (I, Too, Thy MagicVirtues Know) By Amelia Pollini, Soprano (In Italian) *62103 10-inch, $0.75 Norina: I, too, thy magic virtues know, I know the mode, oh, dear, Of glance well timd and tender, Of loves bewitching wiles, A gentle smile, born to beguile, His facile arts and guiles.
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>RI AS NORINA ACT I know—an old offender! A hidden tear, a languor near, To lure with wanton smiles,I know the modes, oh, dear! A servant gives her a letter from Ernesto, just as the Doctor enters and informs her thathe has conceived a scheme to force her lovers guardian to consent to the marriage. Norinadeclares she will have nothing to do with it, bidding him to read Ernestos despairing fare-well letter, in which the young man tells her he is disinherited and will leave Rome. The Doctor soothes her, telling her he will induce Ernesto to remain, and then revealsthe details of the plot against Don Pasquale, in which he proposes to play on the vanity ofthe old bachelor, by pretending to find him a young and lovely wife. They decide thatNorina shall play the part of this girl, and go through a mock marriage with Don Pasquale.Norina is delighted and begins to rehearse her new role. *Doublc-Faced Record—Seepage 102. 99 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—DONIZETTIS DON PASQUALEPronta io s

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