English: Mozart - Don Giovanni - Alice Nielsen as Zerlina - Vandyk, London
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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aring vengeance. 01 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — MOZARTS DON GIOVANNI SCENE III—In the Suburbs of Seville. Don GiovannisPalace Visible on the Right A rustic wedding party comprising Zerlina, Masettoand a company of peasants are enjoying an outing.Don Giovanni and Leporello appear, and the Don ischarmed at the sight of so much youthful beauty. Hebids Leporello conduct the party to his palace and givethem refreshments, contriving, however, to detainZerlina. Masetto protests, but the Don points signifi-cantly to his sword and the bridegroom prudentlydecides to follow the peasants. The Don then proceeds to flatter the young girland tells her she is too beautiful for such a clown asMasetto. She is impressed and coquettes with him inthe melodious duet, La ci darem, the witty phrases anddelicate harmonies of which make it one of the gemsof Mozarts opera. La ci darem la mano (Thy LittleHand, Love!) By Geraldine Farrar, Soprano, andAntonio Scotti, Baritone (In Italian) 89015 12-inch, $4.00
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VANDYK, LONDON NIELSEN AS ZERLINA By Graziella Pareto, Soprano, and Titta Ruffb, Baritone (In Italian) 92505 12-inch, $4.00 This celebrated number, which has been sung by manyfamous artists during the one hundred and twenty-eight yearssince its first hearing, is one of the best examples of the manysparkling concerted numbers which Mozart has written.
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