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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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of which the Victor has recorded, is delightful andfascinating. The action occurs in England in the time of the Stuarts,during the civil war between the Royalists and the Puritans.Lord Walton, the Puritan Governor-General, has a daughterElvira, whom he wishes to marry to Richard Forth, a Puritancolonel, but the young girl loves an enemy, Lord Arthur. ACT I SCENE I—Exterior of a Fortress near Plymouth At the beginning of Act I, Forth, learning that Elviraloves Arthur, and that her father refuses to force her into anunwelcome marriage, is disconsolate and gives vent to hisfeeling in a famous air, sometimes called Ah per sempre(To me forever lost), from the second part. Bel sogno beato di pace (Blissful Dream) By Mattia Battistini, Baritone (In Italian) 88352 12-inch, $3.00Bruno, a Puritan officer, enters and offers Sir Richardcommand of the army. He refuses, saying that his dis-appointment in love has unfitted him for so high an honor. 402 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-BELLINIS PURITANI
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SCENE II—Elviras Room in the CastleThe next scene shows Elviras apartment, where her uncle, Sir George, in a fine air, tellsher that he has persuaded her father to consent to her marriage with Arthur. Sorgea la notte (The Night Was Growing Dark) By Perello de Segurola, Bass (In Italian) *55007 12-inch, $1.50 The night was growing dark, And Heavn and earth were silent,— Favorable the sad hour, Thy prayrs gave courage to my soul, And to thy sire I went. Thus I began,—My brother— Your angel-like Elvira Is for the valiant Arthur pining— Should she another wed, Oh, wretched one! she dies! Said thy father She is to Richard promised! Thy unhappy child, repeated I, will die. Oh! say not so, he cried, I must yield, let Elvira live,— Ah! may she be happy— Let her live in love! Elvira is overjoyed, and expresses her gratitude. Trumpetsare now heard, and Elviras surprise is complete when Lord Arthurarrives, attended by squires and pages. SCENE III—A Vast Armory of Gothic Architect

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