Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
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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PHOTO WHITE THE CHALLENGE SCENE t GOYESCAS OR THE RIVAL LOVERS SPANISH OPERA IN ONE ACT AND THREE SCENES Text by Fernando Periquet; music by Enrico Granados. The work was accepted forthe Paris Opera, but war prevented its production, so Senor Granados brought it to Amer-ica, and personally supervised the production. The composer and his wife were lost ontheir return trip through the sinking of their ship by a German submarine. The first per-formance on any stage took place at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, January 28,1916. Characters and Original CastROSARIO, a lady of rank. . .Anna Fitziu (first appearance at the Metropolitan) FERNANDO, her lover , Giovanni Martinelli PEP A, a notorious maja Flora Perini PAQUIRO. a toreador Giuseppe de Luca A PUBLIC SINGER Max Bloch Conductor—Gaetano Baragnali Time and Place: Outskirts of Madrid, Spain; about 1800.192 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE O P E R A — G O Y E S C A S Goyescas is the first opera to be sung in the United States in the Spani

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