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Carmen singing 'Habanera' - Act 1

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

Text Appearing Before Image:

MERENTIEOPERA, PARIS ESSLER-GIANOLIOPERA COMIQUE Some Famous Carmens of the Past VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-BIZETS CARMEN

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PHOTO MMlRtT CARMEN SINGING HABANERA ACT HABANERA-Love is Like a Wood-Bird Wild.Carmen: Ah! love, thou art a wilful wild bird, Ah, love! And none may hope thy wings to tame, For love he is the lord of all, If it please thee to be a rebel, And neer laws icy fetters will he wear, Say, who can try and thee reclaim? If thou me lovest not, I love thee, Threats and prayers alike unheeding; And if I love thee, now beware! Oft ardent homage thoult refuse, If thou me lovest not, beware! Whilst he who doth coldly slight thee, But if I love you, if I love you, beware! Thou for thy master oft thoult choose. beware! Several records of this charming air are offered—by Calve,whose Carmen is universally accepted as one of the greatestof all impersonations of the role; by Gerville-Reache, whoseCarmen is a fine character study on quite original lines; byMiss Farrar, the latest of famous Carmens, who has made oneof the greatest successes of her career in the recentrevival; and by Miss Braslau, the you

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