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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be deported toAmerica by way of Havre. ACT VSCENE—On the Road to HavreDes Grieux and Lescaut areon the Havre road, waitingfor the soldiers who are es-corting the prisoners to theship bound for America, desGrieux having conceived themad idea of rescuing Manon.Beginning the duet he singshis sad and remorseful air,Manon in Chains ! Manon, la catena(Manon in Chains!) By Remo Andreini, Tenor:Riccardo Tegani, Bari-tone ; and Chorus (In Italian)*55001 12-inch, $1.50Des Grieux (discovered seated by the wayside) : Manon, poor Manon! Must I see thee herded with these wretched beings and be power-less to aid? 0 Heaven! Merciless Heaven! Must I then despair! (He sees Lescautapproaching.) He comes! (Advancing impetuously to Lescaut.) Thy fellows nowmake ready; the soldiers will soon reach this place. Thy men are fully armed; theywill rescue Manon and give her back to me! What! can it not be done? Are all myfond hopes vain? Oh! why dost thou keep silence? * Double-Faced Record—See page 284. 283
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ON THE HAVRE ROAD ACT V VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —MASSENETS MANON The voices of the soldiers are now heard in the distance singing as they ride. DesGrieux and Lescaut listen attentively, and the former, realizing that they are almost at hand,madly tries to rush forward. Lescaut dissuades him, saying he has a better plan, as he is wellacquainted with the officer in command. When the escort arrives, Manon is found to bevery ill and is left behind by the officer at Lescauts suggestion. Des Grieux clasps her inhis arms with joy, and then seeing her tears, asks her reason for them. Manon ? Tu piangi ? By Solari, Soprano; Franco de Gregorio, Tenor (In Italian) 67659 10-inch, $0.75 Si, maledico ed impreco By Solari, Soprano; Franco de Gregorio, Tenor (In Italian) 67659 10-inch, .75 During a heart-rending scene Manon asks and receives the forgiveness of des Grieux,repents her sins and dies in his arms. DOUBLE-FACED AND MISCELLANEOUS MANON RECORDS (Restate qui (Wait a Moment) By Elisa Trom

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