. 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 . he appeals to his better nature in this lovely cavatina : Isabella: Oh, Robert, oh, my beloved! Now at thy feet I kneel! I live alone, yes, alone for thee Mercy on thyself, My anguish thou seest, Oh, have mercy and pity on me! On thyself have mercy, and pity on me! Robert, who alone I cherish, Ah, the ties that once bound thee Thou for whom Id gladly perish, Now no more canst thou feel? My anguish thou seest, Once I receivd thy h
. 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 . he appeals to his better nature in this lovely cavatina : Isabella: Oh, Robert, oh, my beloved! Now at thy feet I kneel! I live alone, yes, alone for thee Mercy on thyself, My anguish thou seest, Oh, have mercy and pity on me! On thyself have mercy, and pity on me! Robert, who alone I cherish, Ah, the ties that once bound thee Thou for whom Id gladly perish, Now no more canst thou feel? My anguish thou seest, Once I receivd thy homage, On thyself have mercy, and pity on me! Moved by her entreaties, he yields to the promptings of his good angel and breaks thebranch, thus destroying the spell. In the last act Bertram renews his efforts to induce Robert to sign an eternal of life, he is about to yield when Alice appears and tells him of the last words of hismother, warning him against the Fiend, who is in reality Roberts father. The clock strikestwelve, and the baffled Fiend disappears, while the cathedral door opens showing thePrincess waiting for the reformed Robert. 433. PHOTO WHITE SCENE FROM ROBIN HOOD ACT ROBIN HOOD COMIC OPERA IN THREE ACTS Libretto by Harry B. Smith; music by Reginald de Koven. First performance inChicago, June 9, 1890, by the Bostonians, who sang the opera more than four thousand revived at the New Amsterdam, New York, by the de Koven Opera Company. CharactersROBERT OF HUNTINGTON, known as Robin Hood Tenor Sheriff of Nottingham Bass SIR GUY OF GISBORNE, his ward Tenor LITTLE JOHN ) f Baritone Will Scarlet ln ., Bass ALLAN-A-DALE uutlaws IContralto Friar Tuck J [ Bass LADY MARIAN FlTZWATER, afterwards Maid Marian Soprano DAME DURDEN, a widow Contralto ANNABEL, her daughter Soprano Villagers, Milkmaids, Outlaws, Kings Foresters, Archers and Peddlers. Time and Place : Nottingham, England, in the twelfth century. At the beginning of the opera a merrymaki
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