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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at a happy life! but little fatigue—abundant amuse-ment—with a pocket that can always boast a doubloon, the noble fruit ofmy reputation. So it is: without Figaro theres not a girl in Seville willmarry; to me the little widows have recourse for a husband: I, underexcuse of my comb by day, and under favor of my guitar by night, endeavorto please all in an honest way. Oh, what a life, what a life! The Count now accosts Figaro, asking him to arrange a meetingwith Rosina, telling him that his rank must not be known and thathe has assumed the name of Lindor. Figaro consents to become his ally. Rosina and her guardian cometo the balcony, and Rosina, perceiving the Count, manages to dropa note, which he secures. Bartolo leaves the house and orders thatno one be admitted. Figaro now says that he is expecting a military friend to arrivein the village, and suggests that the Count dress himself as this soldierand thus gain admittance to the house. He agrees, and retires toassume the disguise.
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COPVT MISHKIN HEMPEL AS ROSINA SCENE II—A Room in Bartolos House Rosina is discovered holding in her handa letter from the Count. She is agitated andexpresses her feelings in her celebrated entrance song. This aria is full of charm and is deservedly popular with thosesingers whose method enables them to deliver it with the requisitelightness and bravura. Una voce poco fa (A Little Voice I Hear) By Marcella Sembrich, Soprano (In Italian) 88097By Luisa Tetrazzini, Soprano (In Italian) 88301By Maria Galvany, Soprano (In Italian) 12-inch, $3.0012-inch, 3.002.00

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