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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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TEALOUS ACT Susanna pretends to encourage the attentions ofthe Count, in furtherance of the plot conceived by theCountess; while at the same time she deftly repels hisadvances. Finally she promises to meet him in thearbor and the Count is in ecstasies. Count: Too long you have deceived me; Hope, weary, bids farewell.Susanna: What passes in her bosom A maiden dreads to tell.Count: Youll meet me in the grove, then?Susanna: When sunsets on the lea.Count: And do not mean it falsely?Susanna: Oh, no; rely on me!Count (aside) : What transport now is flying Thro this enraptured breast!Susanna (aside): Oh, may the scheme Im trying, Bring all to peace and rest!Count: Then, by the garden bower?Susanna: At twilight I will be.Count: Youll not forget the hour?Susanna: Oh, no, depend on me.Count: In the garden?Susanna: Yes!Count: Youll not forget? Susanna: No! No! No! Oh, no, depend on me!Count (retiring): I have won her!Susanna (aside): Well, cunning as you are, sir,This time youve met your match!
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PAINTED BY BLANCHE THE LOVE-SICK PAGE The two now separate, each satisfied with the interview,—the Count believing she hasyielded, and Susanna convinced that she has him in a trap. Marcellina, with her lawyer, Bartolo and Figaro now enter, and Figaro is informed that hemust wed Marcellina or pay damages; but the discovery of a birthmark proves him to be 294 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO the long lost son of Marcellina. He embraces his mother just as Susanna comes in, and she,seeing Figaro with his arms around the woman he was lately trying to avoid, decides that hehas changed his mind. Matters are explained, however, and preparations for the weddingare begun. Susanna now seeks the Countess and tells her mistress that the Count wishes to meet her(Susanna) in the garden. The Countess then dictates a letter in which Susanna is to appointa time and place for the meeting. Che soave zeffiretto (Letter Duet—Song to the Zephyr) By Marcella Sembrich, Soprano, and Emma

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