Gounod - Faust - Pol Plançon as Mephistopheles - The Victrola book of the opera

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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last dreary day!Awaiting, without pain,That death for which Im longing;And I know, while this cup holding,Of my destiny Im lord! 125 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-GOUNODS FAUST Tired of the struggle, he resolves toend it with a poisonous draught, andraises the goblet to his lips; but pausesas the songs of some happy peasantsfloat through the open window. La vaga pupilla (Rise,Slumbring Maiden) By Gennaro De Tura andLa Scala Chorus (In Italian) 76019 12-in., $2.00 Chorus of Peasant Girls (passingwithout the window) :Ah! careless, idle maiden,Wherefore dreaming still?Day with roses ladenCometh oer the hill.Brooks and bees and flowersWarble to the grove,Who has time for sadness?Awake to love! Faust: Foolish echoes of human gladness, Go by, pass on your way! (His hand trembles.) Goblet so often drained by myfathers hand so steady, Why now dost thou tremble in mine?Chorus of Reapers (without) : Cometh forth, ye reapers, young andhoary! The earth is proud with harvest glory! Rejoice and pray.
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