. 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 . HEINK AS FIDES I llllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllllMIINlllllllllHl (Italian) (French) (English) IL PROFETA LE PROPHETE THE PROPHET (Eel Pro-fay-tah) (Leh Pro-feh Y ) OPERA IN FIVE ACTSText by Scribe. Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer. First presented in Paris, April 16,1849. First London production July 24, 1849. First American production at the NewOrleans Opera, April 2, 1850. First New Y
. 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 . HEINK AS FIDES I llllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllllMIINlllllllllHl (Italian) (French) (English) IL PROFETA LE PROPHETE THE PROPHET (Eel Pro-fay-tah) (Leh Pro-feh Y ) OPERA IN FIVE ACTSText by Scribe. Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer. First presented in Paris, April 16,1849. First London production July 24, 1849. First American production at the NewOrleans Opera, April 2, 1850. First New York production November 25, 1854. Revivedat the Manhattan Opera in 1909 with dAlvarez, Lucas and Walter-Villa. CharactersJOHN OF LEYDEN, (Ly-den) the Prophet, chosen leader of the Anabaptists. Tenor BERTHA, his sweetheart Soprano FlDES, (Fee-dayz) mother of John of Leyden Mezzo-Soprano COUNT OBERTHALf ruler of the domain about Dordrecht Bass ZACHARIAH, I [Bass JONAS, [three Anabaptist preachers < Tenor MATH1SEN, J [Bass Nobles, Citizens, Peasants, Soldiers, Prisoners. Scene and Period: Holland and Germany ; in 1543, at the time of the Anabaptist Meyerbeers great work is certainly entitled tobe called a grand opera, for it is grand to the utmostin theme, character and scenes; and with its brilliantand impressive music, at the time of its productionsixty years ago was a model of its kind, as opera-goersdemanded melodramatic action, tuneful music andopportunity for ballet; and all these requirementsare fully met with in Le Prophete. The plot is based on the Anabaptist fanaticismof the sixteenth century, which agitated a large partof Germany and Holland, and the leader of whichwas one Bockelson, commonly called John of Leyden. ACT I SCENE—A Suburb of Dordrecht, Holland The story furnished by the librettists describesJohn as the son of the widow Fides, an innkeeper ofLeyden. At the opening of the opera he is aboutto wed Bertha, an orphan. She, being a vassal ofthe Co
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