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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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ading with her to inter-cede for him, Iago runs in search of Otello, and sows the firstseeds of jealousy in the heart of the Moor, bidding him watchhis wife well. Otello, much troubled, seeks Desdemona andquestions her. She begins to intercede for Cassio, but the Moorrepulses her, and when she would wipe his perspiring brow, roughlyrows down the handkerchief, which is picked up by Iago. Left alone with Iago, Otello gives way to despair, and ex-presses his feelings in the bitter Ora e per sempre. Ora e per sempre addio (And Now,Forever Farewell) By Francesco Tamagno 95003 10-inch, $5.00By Enrico Caruso 8Z071 10-inch, 2.00 Now finally convinced that Desdemona is deceiving him, J*;L he bids farewell to peace of mind, ambition and the glory ii2 of conquest. Iago further says that he has seen Desdemonas handkerchief in Cassios room, at which news Otello is beside himself with rage. The act closes with the great scene in Otello secure revenge, and they swear an oath never to pause punished.
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DESDEMONA which Iago offers to helpuntil the guilty shall be Si pel ciel (We Swear by Heaven and Earth) By Enrico Caruso, Tenor ; Titta Ruffo, Baritone (Italian) 89075 12-in. $4.00 ACT III SCENE— The Great Hall of the CastleOtello now seeks Desdemona and contrives an excuse to borrow her handkerchief. Sheoffers it, but he says it is not the one, and asks for the one with the peculiar pattern which hehad given her. She says it is in her room and offers to bring it, but he at once denouncesher, and sends her away astonished and grieved at the sudden jealousy which she cannotunderstand. He remains looking after her in dejection, then sings his sorrowful soliloquy. Dio mi potevi scagliare (Had it PleasedHeaven) By Carlo Barrera *55009 12-inch, $1.50 Iago now tells Otello how he had slept in Cassios roomlately and had heard Cassio talking in his sleep, bemoaningthe fate which had robbed him of Desdemona and given herto the Moor. Cassio enters, and Iago, bidding Otello watch behind apilla

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