. 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 . FARRAR AS GILDA Rigoletto: What matters it to thee? Gilda: If you are not willingOf our family to speak— Rigoletto (interrupting her):Do you ever go out? Gilda: I go only to church. Rigoletto: Recall not the past! Speak not of one whose loss to thee All earth can boast could neer restore; Her angel form methinks I see. Who lovd me, though deformd and poor. Pity, oh! Gilda; spare me! Gilda: Father, dear father, calm yourself,Or my
. 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 . FARRAR AS GILDA Rigoletto: What matters it to thee? Gilda: If you are not willingOf our family to speak— Rigoletto (interrupting her):Do you ever go out? Gilda: I go only to church. Rigoletto: Recall not the past! Speak not of one whose loss to thee All earth can boast could neer restore; Her angel form methinks I see. Who lovd me, though deformd and poor. Pity, oh! Gilda; spare me! Gilda: Father, dear father, calm yourself,Or my heart will surely me your name pray tell;The grief that saddens you impart. * Doubk-Faced Record—See page 430. 420 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —VERDIS RIGOLETTO. Ricoletto: If anyone here knocks, you must not open! Rigoletto: Twere useless myself to discover; Suffice it that thy father I am. Some in the world there are who fear me, In others, perhaps, envy I excite. But one there is who has cursd me! Gilda: Country, family, possess you none? Rigoletto: Thou art my country, family and friends!The whole universe thou art to me! Gilda: Ah! if happier I could make you,What joy to my heart it would bring! He embraces her tenderly, then, recallingthe curse, solemnly enjoins her to keep withinthe house and never venture into the says she has only been to Mass eachSunday, but does not tell him of the studentwith whom she had exchanged fond summons the maid, Giovanna, andquestions her, beginning another lovely duet,full of pathos. Veglia o donna (Safely GuardThis Tender Blossom) (In Italian) 91500 10-inch, $ By Maria Galvany and Titta RuffoHe warns the maid to always closely guard her mistress from any danger. Rigoletto
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