Nellie Melba - The Victrola book of the opera

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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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de andfalls on his body, cursing his murderers and Solomon, while the dying man offers a last pro-testation of his love for her and expires in her arms. Queen of Sheba RecordsPrete-moi ton aide (Lend Me Your Aid) By Enrico Caruso, Tenor (In French) 88552 12-inch, $3.00 By Evan Williams, Tenor (In English) 64096 10-inch, 1.00 Lend me your aid, Oh race divine, From the caldron the molten wave Fathers of old to whom Ive prayd, Soon will flow into its mould of sand, Spirits of powr, be your help mine, And ye, 0 sons of Tubal Cain, Lend me your aid, Fathers of old Fire, Oh fire my soul, and guide my hand! To whom Ive prayd, 0 lend your aid! Lend me your aid, Oh race divine, Oh grant that my wild dream be not vain, Fathers of old to whom Ive prayd, That future time shall owe to me Spirits of powr, be your help mine, A work their bards will sing in their strain, Lend me your aid! Tho Chaos still an iron sea! 407 (Italian) IL RE PASTORE (English) THE SHEPHERD KING DRAMATIC CANTATA IN TWO ACTS
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Text by Metastasio ; music by Mozart. Firstproduction Salzburg, April 23, 1 775. The librettois the one used for Bonos opera of the samename, given in Vienna in 1751. Characters ALESSANDRO, King of Macedonia. AM1NTA, shepherd descendant of the Kings of Sidon and lover of Elisa.ELISA, shepherdess.TAMIRI, fugitive princess, daughter of the tyrant Stratone.AGENOR, noble of Sidon, lover of Tamiri and friend of Alessandro. The opera of 11 Re Pastore was written byMozart in honor of the Archduke Maximilian,the composer having been ordered to produce thework for the entertainment of the Archdukeduring his visit to Salzburg in 1775. The story tells of the capture of Sidon, theexecution of the usurper Stratone by Alessandro,King of Macedonia, who places on the throne therightful king, Aminta, who has been living as a shepherd. Alessandro plans that the new king shall marry Tamiri, daughter of Stratone, but Aminta is already in love with Elisa, a shepherdess, and rather than give her up he refu