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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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f to seek treasurein a haunted region, while Dinorah, thinking herself deserted, loses her reason, and wandersthrough the country with her faithful goat, seeking the absent Hoel. ACT I As the curtain rises, Dinorah enters in her bridal dress, seeking her goat, and findingthe animal asleep, sings this lullaby to him. So lovely an air is worthy of a better object ; Si, carina caprettina (Yes, My Beloved One) By Giuseppina Huguet, Soprano (In Italian) 35180 12-inch, $1.25 Slumber, darling, sweetly slumber, Perchance she has wandered on the hills Sleep, my belovd one, sleep! Amid the thorns! Soft the evening breeze is playing, Ah! wert thou to be seizea by the wolf! Neath the cooling shadows here I will be there to defend thee—fear notl Flows a streamlet, fresh and clear, Yes, darling, sleep in peace, Swift, among the flowers straying. Sweet little birds, your warbling cease, Alas! six days has she been away, My beauteous one must sleep. Nor yet returns! Awake her not! Softer still 1 86
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VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—MEYERBEERS DINORAH Corentino, a bag-piper, enters and is terrified at the sight of Dinorah, believing her to bean evil fairy about whom he had heard, who causes the runaway traveler to dance till hedies. Dinorah, in a spirit of mischief, makes him dance until he is exhausted, and runsaway laughing. Hoel enters, still seeking the treasure, and confides in Corentino, telling him that thewizard with whom he had lived for a year had instructed him to seek for a white goatwhich would guide him to the gold. The bell of Dinorahs goat is heard, and Hoel pursuesit, dragging with him the terrified Corentino. ACT II The second act begins with the famous shadow dance, for which Meyerbeer hasfurnished some most beautiful music. Dinorah enters, and seeing her shadow in themoonlight, imagines it is a friend and sings and dances to it. Ombra leggiera (Shadow Song) By Luisa Tetrazzini (In Italian) 88298 12-inch, $3.00By Amelita Galli-Curci (In Italian) 74532 12-inch, 1.50B

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