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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ing again; High stands the sun now: Let me to the holy Feast then conduct thee; For—an thourt pure, Surely the Grail will feed and refresh thee. (He has gently laid Parsifals arm on his own neck, and, supporting his body with his arm, leads him slozvly along.) Parsifal: What is the Grail?Gurnemanz: I may not say: But if to serve it thou be bidden, Knowledge of it will not be hidden. And lo! Methinks I know thee now indeed: No earthly road to it doth lead, By no one can it be detected Who by itself is not elected. Parsifal: I scarcely move,— Yet swiftly seem to run.Gurnemanz: My son, thou seest Here time and space are one. The change to the Castle Hall is here effected by a moving scene behind Gurnemanzand Parsifal, so that they seem to be walking slowly along, at first through the forest, theninto a covered gallery which ascends to the Castle. This effective device was first used atBayreuth, and afterward in the American representations. VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-WAGNERS PARSIFAL
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THE TEMPLE OF THE GRAIL SCENE II— The Castle Hall The two suddenly find themselves in a vast hall, filled with a strange light, while invis-ible bells are pealing. Parsifal is dazzled and fascinated by the wonderful sight, while heis carefully watched by Qurnemanz, who hopes to see signs of an awakening knowledge of hismission. In the hall the Knights are preparing for the daily rites which occur before the HolyGrail. Then one of the most impressive scenes in the opera takes place. The unfortunateAmfortas is brought in on a couch and prepares to preside at the ceremony. In agony ofmind and body, he endeavors to postpone the rites, but the voice of his aged father, Titurel,is heard from the dark chapel commanding him to proceed. Amfortas, in a heart-breakingplea, begs Heaven to permit him to die, to end his intolerable sufferings. Amfortas: No! Leave it unrevealed! May no one, no one know the anguish dire Awaked in me by that which raptures ye! What is the wound and all its torture w

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