Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
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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meo: Tis I! Romeo—thine own—Who thy slumbers have stirrd,Led by my heart alone,Thee, my bride, unto loveAnd the fair world recalling!(Juliet falls into his arms.) VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—GOUNODS ROMEO AND JULIET Suddenly remembering the fatal draught, Romeo: Alas! I believed thee dead, love, and— I drank of this draught! (Shows the phial.)Juliet: Of that draught! It is death! (Taking the phial.) Ah! thou churl To drink all! No friendly drop thoustleft me, So I may die with thee! (She flings the phial away, then remember-ing the dagger, draws it out.) Ah! heres my dagger still! Romeo cries out in horror: Now, happy dagger, behold thy sheath! (She stabs herself. With a supreme effortRomeo half raises himself to prevent her.)Romeo: Hold! Hold thy hand!Juliet: Ah, happy moment. My soul now with rapture is swelling, Thus to die, love, with thee. (She lets fall the dagger.) Yet one embrace! I love thee! (They half rise in each others arms.) O heavn grant us thy grace! (They die.)
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DEATH OF THE LOVERS DOUBLE-FACED ROMEO AND JULIET RECORDS IO nuit divine, je timplore By Berthe Cesar, Soprano and Leon Campagnola, Tenor (In French)Ne fuis encore By Berthe Cesar, Soprano, and Leon Campagnola, Tenor (In French) !Nuit dHymenee By Berthe Cesar, Soprano, and Leon Campagnola, Tenor (In French)Tu dis vrai By Berthe Cesar, Soprano, and Leon Campagnola, Tenor (In French). (Romeo and Juliet Selection By Arthur Pryors Band Introduction toAct 1, The Capulets Ball—Interlude, Act IV—Capulets Solo, The Altar is Prepared—Ballet — Nuptial ProcessionSamson and Delilah Selection (Saint-Saens) Arthur Pryors Band (Juliets Slumber \ Venetian Love Song (Nevin) 447 55085 12-inch, $1.50 55088 12-inch, 1.50 35234 12-inch, 1.25 By Victor Concert Orchestral 7866 io_inch 75 By Victor Concert Orchestra) ~

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