. 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 . COPVT MISHKIN STUDIO CONSTANTINO AS THE DUKE *Double-Faced Record—See page 430. 427 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—VERDIS RIGOLETTO. THE QUARTET ACT III Among the musical gems with which the score of Rigoletto abounds, none is so wellknown and universally admired as this fine number, sung by the Duke, Gilda, Maddalena andRigoletto. It is undoubtedly the most brilliant and musicianly of all Verdis concertedpieces, and the contrasting
. 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 . COPVT MISHKIN STUDIO CONSTANTINO AS THE DUKE *Double-Faced Record—See page 430. 427 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—VERDIS RIGOLETTO. THE QUARTET ACT III Among the musical gems with which the score of Rigoletto abounds, none is so wellknown and universally admired as this fine number, sung by the Duke, Gilda, Maddalena andRigoletto. It is undoubtedly the most brilliant and musicianly of all Verdis concertedpieces, and the contrasting emotions—the tender addresses and coquetry on the one side,and the heart-broken sobs of Gilda and the cries for vengeance of her father on the other—are pictured with the hand of a genius. The situation at the opening of the act is a most dramatic one. The Duke, gay andcareless, is making love to Maddalena, all unconscious that the assassin hired by Rigolettois waiting for his opportunity. He sings, beginning the quartet:Duke: Fairest daughter of the graces,I thy humble slave implore thee,With one tender word to joy restore me,End the pangs, the pangs of unrequited my anguish see the traces,Thee I treasure all one tender word to joy restore me,End the pangs, the p
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