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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PHOTO BrROII (Homer) (Farrar) MADAM A BUTTERFLY ACT II, SCENE II *Double-Faced Record—See page 269. 266 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —MADAME BUTTERFLY
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Ora a noi! (Letter Duet) By Geraldine Farrar and Antonio Scotti (In Italian) 89014 12-inch, $4.00 Butterfly is visited by Sharpless, who has re-ceived a letter from Pinkerton, and has acceptedthe unpleasant task of informing Butterfly that theLieutenant has deserted her. He finds his taska difficult one, for when he attempts to readPinkertons letter to her, she misunderstands itspurport and continually interrupts the Consul withlittle bursts of joyful anticipation, thinking thatPinkerton will soon come to her. When do therobins nest in America? she asks, saying that hewill surely come then. Finally realizing some-thing of his message, she runs to bring her childto prove to Sharpless the certainty of her husbandshome-coming. Sai cos ebbe cuore (Do You Know, My Sweet One) By Geraldine Farrar, Soprano (In Italian). In this pitiful air she asks little Trouble not to listen to the bad man (Sharpless), who is saying that Pinkerton has deserted them.

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