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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Jfi^. % i ^1 jMJt *t ~^l fir a/**1 i SCENE FROM JEWELS OF THE MADONNA (Italian) I GIOJELLI DELLA MADONNA (English) THE JEWELS OF THE MADONNA Libretto by C. Zangarini and E. Golisciani; music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. First per-formed as Der Schmucfc der Madonna at the Kurfuersten Oper, Berlin, December 23, 1911.First American production at the Auditorium, Chicago, January 16, 1912. First New Yorkperformance March 5, 1912. Later included in the repertoire of the Century Opera Company.
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Characters GENNARO, in love with Maliella Tenor MALIELLA, in love with Rafaele Soprano RAFAELE, leader of the Cammorists Baritone CARMELA Soprano BlASO Tenor CICC1LLO Tenor STELLA Soprano CONCETTA Soprano SERENA Soprano GRAZ1A Dancer ROCCO Bass Vendors, Monks, People of theStreets, etc. SCENE ACT II Time and Place : The scene is laid in Naples, at the present time. Wolf-Ferraris vivid melodrama of Neapolitan life is based on actual happenings in thesqualid, superstitious life of the people of Naples, feverish with its reckless gayety, andmingled with sadness and gloom. The wild doings of the Cammorists, the preparations for 218 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — JEWELS OF THE MADONNA the celebration in honor of the Virgin, the pageantry of the Catholic ceremonial and the wildtumult of Neapolitan revelries form the background and atmosphere for this realistic music-drama. The plot may be summed up as follows: Maliella, a wayward Neapolitan beauty, isloved by her foster brother, Qennaro, a

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