Wagner - Lohengrin, act II - The King denouncing Telramund - The Victrola book of the opera

Wagner - Lohengrin, act II - The King denouncing Telramund
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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THE PLOT ACT II agreed upon with Frederick, appears and calls to Elsa, who hearing her name, cries: 241 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — WAGNERS LOHENGRIN
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THE KING DENOUNCING TELRAMUND ACT TT Who calls? How strangely My name resoundeth thro the night! Ortrud feigns repentance, and Elsa.in her new-found happiness, forgives her, saying: Unhappy one, that thy heart could know the treasureOf love that knows not fear or doubt!No child of earth that bliss can measureWho doth not dwell in faith devout!Rest thee with me! Ortrud warns Elsa against trustingher husband too blindly, hinting of themystery in his life, and thus plants aseed of suspicion in the young girlsheart. The duet then follows: Elsa: Oh, let me teach thee How trust doth hallow joy and love. Turn, then, to our faith, I beseech thee, Oh, turn unto our faith divine, For God is love! Ortrud (aside—with fierce joy) : Oh! pride of heart, I yet will teach thee, That an illusion is this love, The gods of vengeance soon shall reach thee,.Their wrath-destroying thou shalt prove! Elsa enters the palace and Telra-mund renews his vow of imprecation. Day breaks, and the Herald ap-pears and