Puccini - Tosca, act III - The death of Mario - The Victrola book of the opera

Puccini - Tosca, act III - The death of Mario
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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CLICHE BOYER THE EXECUTION ACT III *Double-Faced Record—See page 498. 497 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-PUCCINIS TOSCA
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10-inch, .75 10-inch, $2.00 Tosca waits till Tosca now enters, and joyfully telling Mario he is to be free, shows him the safe conduct,telling him how she had killed Scarpia. He gazes at her with compassion and regrets thatsuch beautiful hands should be compelled to foul themselves with a scoundrels blood. 0 dolci mani (Oh, Gentle Hands) By Franco de Gregorio, Tenor (In Italian) 67134 10-inch, $0.75 She explains that a mock execution has been arranged, and instructs him to fall downwhen the volley is fired. In a lovely duet they rejoice in their hopes for the future. Amaro sol per te mera il morire (The Bitterness of Death) By Elena Ruszcowska and Egidio Cunego (In Italian) 88274 12-inch, $3.00By I. Sollohub, Soprano, and L. Botta, Tenor (In Italian) 67134 Trionfa di nuova speme (A New World) By Elena Ruszcowski and Egidio Cunego (In Italian) 87069The soldiers now enter, the shots are fired and Mario falls as if dead,the firing party is gone, whispering to her lover to lie still. Nolo