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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ut), the de Reszkes andCapoul; in 1898, with Melba,Saleza, de Reszke and Plancon;and more recently with Farraras Juliet. Gounods sweetly senti-mental setting of this greattragedy of love and death hasachieved a popularity second 440 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-GOUNODS ROMEO AND JULIET only to his Faust. Some critics have called themusic too insipid, but very few who have heardthe splendid arias for Juliet will agree with thisopinion. Characters JULIET, (Joo-lee-et) daughter of Capulet . . SopranoSTEPHANO, (Stef-ah-noh) page to Romeo. . Soprano GERTRUDE, Juliets nurse Mezzo-Soprano ROMEO Tenor TYBALT, (Tee-baht) Capulets nephew Tenor BENVOLIO, (Ben-voti-lee-oh) \ friends of f TenorMERCUTIO, (MerW-shee-oh) J Romeo \ Baritone PARIS, (Pah-ree) Capulets kinsman Baritone GREGORIO, Capulets kinsman Baritone CAPULET, (Cap-u-leh) a Veronese noble .... Basso Friar Laurence Bass The Duke of Verona Bass Guests; Relatives and Retainers of the Capuletsand Montagues. The action takes place at Verona.
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Romeo and Juliet overflows with charming music, Gounod having written for the lovers some of the most emotional passages ever composed, and the opera has even been called a love duet with occasional interruptions. It is, of course, not another Faust,—no composer could write two ALDA AS JULIET such works,—but it is a most beautiful setting of the story of the ill-fated Italian lovers, and will always be listened to with pleasure. Several of the Shakespearean personages have beenomitted from the opera cast by the librettists, and a newcharacter, that of the page Stephano, has been added. ACT I SCENE—Ballroom in Capulets House, VeronaThe curtain rises on a scene of festivity. Capulet, a Veronese noble, is giving a masked fete in honor of his daughter Juliets entrance into society. Juliet is presented to the guests by her father, and Capulet, in a rousing air, calls on his guests to make merry.When the guests have gone to the banquet hall, Juliet lingers behind and gives expression

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