. 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 . ay,While life was happy I adored Thee; 1 bless Thee still, tho dark the day! I follow where Thy law shall lead me,No vain regret shall eer be mine,Thine image only stands before me,My soul shall trust Thy love divine! Copyt 1903, G. Schirmer. 78 CRISTOFORO COLOMBO LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS AND EPILOGUE Text by Luigi Mica. Music by Alberto Franchetti. First produced at Genoa in 1892;and a revised version was brought out at La Sca
. 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 . ay,While life was happy I adored Thee; 1 bless Thee still, tho dark the day! I follow where Thy law shall lead me,No vain regret shall eer be mine,Thine image only stands before me,My soul shall trust Thy love divine! Copyt 1903, G. Schirmer. 78 CRISTOFORO COLOMBO LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS AND EPILOGUE Text by Luigi Mica. Music by Alberto Franchetti. First produced at Genoa in 1892;and a revised version was brought out at La Scala December 26, of the same year. Pro-duced in Hamburg, October 5, 1893. First American production at Buenos Aires, July 21,1900. First in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, November20, 1913, by the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company, the cast including Titta Ruffo, RosaRaisa, Amedeo Bassi, Gustave Huberdeau, Henri Scott, Ruby Heyl and Federeci Venturini,Warnery, Nicolay, Erolle, Fosetta and de Keyser. CharactersCOLUMBUS Baritone Queen Isabella Soprano DON GUEVERA. : Tenor DON RONALDO XlMINES Baritone RODERIGO DI TRIANA Baritone. The libretto, by Luigi Mica, presents ina simple manner some episodes from threeperiods in the life of the discoverer ofAmerica, and takes sufficient liberties withhistorical fact to give the story a romantictouch and an effective ending in the death ofColumbus at the tomb of Isabella. The first act portrays a square in Sala-manca, before the Council chamber, in 1485,and shows Columbus rejected by the Counciland broken in spirit. He is finally befriendedby the Queen, who, as a dramatic and sym-pathetic ending to the scene, takes the crownfrom her head and presents it to him as hefalls at her feet overcome with second act takes place on the SantaMaria in 1492. The sailors, discouraged atthe apparent failure of the long voyage, areabout to throw Columbus into the ocean,when land is sighted, and all are soonrejo
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