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English: Gounod - Faust, Act II - Mario Sammarco as Valentine

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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Opera Chorus(Giulio Setti, Director)(In French) 89055 12-inch, $4-00 By M. Vigneau, Baritone,and Chorus (In French) *69227 10-inch, .75 MEPHISTOPHELES AND FAUST VIEW THE WORLD The record begins with the invocation to Bacchus. Mephistopheles:I drink to you all!(Thr-owing it out with a wry face.)Bah! what rubbishy wine.Let me see if I cannot find you better!(Striking the image of Bacchus with his sword.)What ho, Bacchus! up there! some liquors!Come while you can,And each one drink the wine he likes the best! He then affronts Valentine by proposing the health of Marguerite,and the soldier draws his sword, only to find that some unforeseenforce has made it powerless in his hand. Mephistopheles: I propose the health of the dearest of all dears,Our Margarita! Valentine:Enough! Bridle thy tongue, or thoudiest by my hand! Mephistopheles: Come on! (Both draw)Chorus: Come on!Mephistopheles (mocking): So soon afraid, who so latelydefied me?Valentine: My sword! O disgrace! Inmy hand is powerless!
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Valentine, however, turns the handle upwards, thus making the C0PV.T MISHKI„Sign of the Cross, the soldiers doing likewise, and they now face the SAMMARC0 AS valentineTempter with confidence. act ii *Double-Faced Record—See page 147. 129 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-GOUNODS FAUST Valentine and Soldiers: Gainst the powers of evil our arms assailing, Strongest earthly might must be unavailing.Valentine: But know thou art powerless to harm us!Valentine: . Look hither! (Holds up his sword to form a cross.) Soldiers (imitating him) :Look hither! All: Whilst this blest sign we wearThou canst not harm us!Whilst this blest sign we wearThou canst not harm us! Mephistopheles is discomfited, and cowers in terror as the soldiers sing the choral, with itsstriking unison passage for male voices, alternated with bursts of harmony.The delightful waltz now begins.

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