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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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*35167 12-inch, $1.25 By Arthur Pryors Band 31527 12-inch, 1.00 The Bel raggio, a favorite cavatina with all prima donnas, and a brilliant and imposingair, occurs in the first act. The scene shows the Temple of Belus, where a religious festival is in progress, Semi-ramide is about to announce an heir to the throne and has secretly determined to electArsaces, a young warrior, with whom she has fallen in love, unaware that he is in reality herown son. Bel raggio lusinghier (Bright Gleam of Hope) By Marcella Sembrich, Soprano Sem ikamide: Here hopes consoling ray Bids sorrow hence away, And joy calls from above! Arsaces to my love soon will return dejected. (In Italian) 88141 12-inch, $3.00 But ere while with grief I droppd my head.Now once more beams my smile!Hence all my doubts have fled,No more I feel the sway of grief and anguishdread! DOUBLE-FACED SEMIRAMIDE RECORDS(Overture By Police Band of Mexico City),,,... _ I Marche Slave (Op. 31) By Arthur Pryors Band)**1*1 12-inch, $1.25 456
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(German) SIEGFRIED (Zeeg-freed) MUSIC DRAMA IN THREE ACTSSecond Opera of the Rhinegold TrilogyWords and music by Wagner. First produced at Bayreuth, August 16, 1876. It wasgiven in French at Brussels, June 12, 1891, and subsequently at the Opera in Paris. In Lon-don (in English) by the Carl Rosa Company, in 1898. First American production in NewYork, November 9, 1887, with Lehmann, Fischer, Alvary and Seidl-Kraus. Characters SIEGFRIED Tenor MIME (Mee-meh) Tenor THE WANDERER (WOTAN) Baritone ALBERICH (Ahl-ber-ikh) Baritone FAFNER (Fahf-ner) Bass ERDA (Air-dah) Contralto BRONNHILDE (Bruen-hUl-dh) Mezzo-Soprano There is little of tragedy and much of lightness and the joy of youth and love in thismost beautiful of the Ring Cycle, which tells of the young Siegfried,—impetuous, brave, joy-ful and handsome ; and Briinnhilde, thegod-like maid—unselfish, lovely, inno-cent, who finds she is but a womanafter all. After Sieglinde had been savedfrom the wrath of IVotan by Briinnhilde(related i

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