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Title: 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
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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e late King, Hamlets father. At the opening of the opera Hamlet knows nothing of themurder, but is highly incensed at his mother for having married Claudius before she hadbeen two months a widow. ACT ISCENE I—A Room of State in the Palace The new Queen is being presented to the Court at a public reception. She is annoyedbecause Hamlet shows his displeasure by absenting himself from the ceremony. After thepresentation is over, Hamlet enters slowly, in a melancholy mood. Hamlet: Ah! vain indeed is grief! Affection, too, doth seem short lived indeed. My much-loved father but two months dead; And yet, unto another wedlock, my mother hath consented; Frailty, thy name is woman. 197 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-THOMM HAMLET His bitter musing is interrupted by the entrance of Ophelia, his betrothed. She has heardthat Hamlet intends to leave the kingdom and asks if he has ceased to love her. In the beautifullove duet he reassures her, and tells her why the palace has become intolerable to him.
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Nega se puoi la luce (Love Duet) By Mafia Galvany, Soprano, and TittaRuffo, Baritone (/n Italian) 92500 12-inch, $4.00 PHOTO DU GUY Hamlet: Celestial maiden, tis not thee I chide, The purity of thy mind doth speak throughthose sweet eyes! Doubt that the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt my love.Ophelia: It may be so, but such excess of love Hath no enduring power; Thou couldst not leave me to my sorrow, Did thy heart know such love as mine! Ye heavenly powers,—celestial choir, That aye surround the eternal throne, From your bright homes above, Bear witness to my truthful love.Hamlet: Beloved Ophelia!Ophelia: Ah! never will we part! SCENE II—Esplanade of the Palace. It is Night Horatio and Marcellus are discovered excitedly discussing theappearance of the spectre of the murdered King. They greet Hamletand tell him of the ghostly visitor, which appeared just at mid-night. Hamlet is much affected, and suggests that as it is nearly

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