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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 28 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 53104 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 King 8 Grail 7 Wagner 7 Don 6 Wotan 6 Siegmund 6 Elsa 5 Sieglinde 5 Sachs 5 Faust 5 Count 4 italian 4 Tristan 4 Sir 4 Siegfried 4 Queen 4 Paris 4 Mime 4 Marguerite 4 Lohengrin 3 music 3 illustration 3 german 3 York 3 Walther 3 Verdi 3 Tannhäuser 3 Rossini 3 Parsifal 3 New 3 Mozart 3 London 3 Leonora 3 Lady 3 José 3 Isolde 3 Gurnemanz 3 Gunther 3 Giovanni 3 Figaro 3 Eva 3 Duke 3 Brünnhilde 3 Alberich 2 scene 2 opera 2 love 2 french 2 act 2 Walhalla Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2453 love 2253 opera 2067 man 2032 music 1850 scene 1728 act 1662 time 1632 song 1578 day 1509 heart 1421 hand 1195 woman 1183 word 1119 life 1073 eye 1048 voice 1016 work 964 way 962 sword 936 girl 925 father 894 year 887 death 886 night 884 one 855 story 851 daughter 840 thing 815 ring 791 moment 765 place 758 knight 749 mother 742 wife 727 world 723 child 715 house 683 arm 681 head 677 people 675 friend 670 name 666 chorus 642 part 634 light 633 nothing 622 lover 618 fire 610 stage 591 hero Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 38028 _ 1574 Don 1284 thou 1003 King 840 Wotan 652 Siegfried 648 Sir 643 Wagner 596 Brünnhilde 581 Faust 539 de 523 la 504 Count 494 Opera 468 Siegmund 465 Sachs 454 Elsa 440 Grail 421 La 418 Paris 409 Act 407 Tristan 404 Motive 403 God 389 Queen 365 New 362 Lord 361 Lady 360 Mime 346 Sieglinde 343 Thou 339 Alberich 332 Duke 325 Parsifal 316 Hagen 314 Isolde 310 York 310 Soprano 308 Gunther 284 Mr. 279 MAR 279 John 278 Marguerite 273 Walther 272 London 268 ye 265 CHORUS 263 Hunding 259 Beckmesser 257 RUD Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 16123 he 13755 i 12342 it 8812 you 8206 she 7619 him 5063 her 4739 me 4557 they 3205 we 2725 them 1374 himself 1286 us 992 thee 652 herself 328 myself 303 themselves 276 itself 208 one 156 yourself 153 mine 89 thyself 86 ''s 59 yours 51 ''em 50 ourselves 50 his 45 ye 26 hers 25 eva 23 ours 22 je 16 theirs 9 thy 9 i''m 8 thou 7 yah 7 em 6 yourselves 6 you''re 6 you''ll 6 on''t 5 oneself 5 ii 4 ce 3 ay 2 à 2 ya 2 sà 2 o Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 45314 be 15088 have 5052 do 3917 come 2945 see 2903 go 2657 make 2402 know 2310 say 2191 give 2164 take 1872 hear 1821 tell 1555 sing 1527 find 1383 look 1299 think 1275 let 1265 follow 1245 bring 1198 love 1187 call 1181 enter 1157 leave 1095 fall 1069 die 957 ask 938 appear 917 stand 860 turn 845 seem 808 begin 788 speak 772 get 764 open 754 lead 749 become 741 cry 706 bear 665 write 645 hold 626 try 608 produce 605 return 604 draw 596 rise 587 break 565 lose 561 live 555 meet Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8078 not 3638 so 3150 then 2793 now 2140 first 1891 more 1768 up 1691 out 1668 very 1632 only 1608 here 1506 great 1465 again 1463 little 1371 good 1354 away 1353 never 1326 well 1257 last 1256 old 1220 other 1190 long 1187 still 1159 too 1065 most 1029 there 1018 young 1007 as 969 once 940 down 936 back 925 much 906 own 843 ever 843 even 838 off 793 also 749 just 694 beautiful 691 all 655 high 653 second 644 soon 643 alone 632 yet 629 such 599 thus 596 true 594 however 581 same Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279 good 157 least 130 most 115 great 103 high 46 fine 40 fair 32 strong 29 lovely 28 bad 26 brave 25 deep 21 late 21 dear 20 early 19 noble 18 near 18 Most 17 low 16 rare 16 pure 16 happy 14 sweet 14 old 13 slight 13 rich 12 wise 12 holy 11 young 11 true 11 bright 10 l 10 e 9 say 9 j 9 grand 9 full 8 bl 7 wild 7 soft 7 simple 7 mean 7 eld 7 bitter 6 small 6 sad 6 dark 6 c'' 5 wr 5 plain Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 935 most 57 well 25 least 5 iolanthe 2 oldest 2 liest 2 hard 1 youngest 1 worst 1 wiliest 1 stakest 1 poles,--the 1 opprest 1 lest 1 highest 1 hidest 1 feelest 1 fairest 1 drest 1 boldest 1 alberich_--the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 www.gutenberg.org 2 www.gutenberg.net 2 www.freeliterature.org 1 www.intac.com Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 2 http://www.freeliterature.org 1 http://www.intac.com/~rfrone/operas/Books/oper-books.htm> 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38654/38654-h/38654-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38654/38654-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28711/28711-h/28711-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28711/28711-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/2/6/20264/20264-h/20264-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/2/6/20264/20264-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 _ is about 14 _ is not 13 _ comes in 11 _ does not 11 _ tells _ 10 opera was first 7 _ is _ 7 song is not 6 _ comes back 6 _ comes forward 6 _ do n''t 6 act takes place 5 _ comes out 5 _ is alone 5 _ is dead 5 _ sings _ 5 _ turns away 5 girls do not 5 love is not 5 opera has not 5 opera is full 4 _ has not 4 _ is so 4 act is very 4 man does not 4 music is not 4 music is so 4 opera is more 4 scene is full 4 scene takes place 4 story takes place 3 _ asks _ 3 _ come on 3 _ comes along 3 _ comes on 3 _ enter tallyho 3 _ gives vent 3 _ has just 3 _ has never 3 _ is deeply 3 _ is quick 3 _ is still 3 _ looking up 3 _ looks out 3 _ makes _ 3 _ sing _ 3 _ takes _ 3 _ takes out 3 act are maritana 3 act is devoted Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 _ is not aware 2 song is not mine 1 _ does not yet 1 _ finds no peace 1 _ has no counsel 1 _ has no immediate 1 _ has not yet 1 _ is no coward 1 _ is no longer 1 _ is no tyrant 1 _ is not alone 1 _ is not brutal 1 _ is not only 1 _ is not satisfied 1 _ is not wealthy 1 _ knows no fear 1 _ leaves no customers 1 _ sees no joke 1 act is not important 1 days are not so 1 days are not unlikely 1 father is not here 1 life is no longer 1 life is not worth 1 life was not dramatic 1 love is no doubt 1 love is not merely 1 love is not worth 1 man is no longer 1 man is no more 1 man is not at 1 music is not likely 1 music is not very 1 one had no hope 1 opera has no love 1 opera has not as 1 opera is not new 1 scene has no peer 1 song are not wagner 1 song have no sense 1 song is not easy 1 song is not long 1 story has no purpose 1 story has no soul 1 story is not as 1 story is not dramatic 1 story is not only 1 time has not yet 1 women have no real 1 words have no meaning A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 28711 author = Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke title = Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces date = keywords = ACT; Arline; Beckmesser; Brünnhilde; Count; Duke; Elsa; Hans; John; José; King; Leonora; Lionel; Mime; Nancy; Plunkett; Queen; Radames; Rigoletto; Sachs; Siegfried; Sir; Thaddeus; Walther; Wotan; music summary = most of thy time." Faust''s heart beat so with love that he feared to "I shall return, never to leave thee," he cried, and then, interrupted hands, and cries several times, "My God!" and looks so distracted that vow, I begin to love thee, for all of thy bothersome little ways." "Good-night," he said: and Lionel looking tenderly at Martha murmured, Thou art the Earl of Derby--and I love thee--so take my hand if "Come, friends, I want you to be going," John said at that moment, his to Faith: "Thou wert wrong, good mother!" She looked at him a moment "Thy time has come!" John of Leyden cried, and the vast hall began to "Thy mother is not a fitting guardian for thee, and thou art better know that Radames loves thee and that thou art here to meet him;--also "What shall I do for thee, Father Wotan?" Brünnhilde cried id = 38654 author = Bender, Millicent Schwab title = Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German date = keywords = Elsa; Eva; Goosegirl; King; Knight; Master; Sachs; Sir; Walter; Witch summary = The Goosegirl turned her eyes toward the figure of the Witch, and, as he looked upon the white hands and noble face of the youth before During all the long summer days the King''s Son and the Goosegirl World of Men. And the King''s Son shielded the Goosegirl with his love Long ago, in half-forgotten days, a little hut stood at the edge of a The young knight had loved this light-hearted maiden since he had first Strange to say, the moment Eva heard his voice she discovered that she "Ah, good morning, Sir Knight," replied Hans Sachs, forgetful of the A dreamy look was upon Elsa''s face as she told her story. hand, the Swan Knight advanced and stood before the King. Knight raised her and, looking into her eyes, asked but one promise, a The Swan Knight took Elsa tenderly into his arms for a moment, looking eyes, Sir Knight! id = 46119 author = Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) title = The Valkyries date = keywords = Brunnhilde; Fricka; Hunding; Sieglinde; Siegmund; Walhalla; Wotan; thou; thy summary = again said that in Walhalla, which Wotan the father of gods and men had "Water, water," he said; "thou hast given me water, and I give thee "Thy way has been long," he said, "and thou hast no horse. "It is to Hunding''s house thou hast come," he said, "and under the roof goest as a guest is glad at thy coming, and slow to love thee, and "Without words when thou came faint with weariness, thy glance looked "So," she said, "Walse was thy father, and thou art a Wolsung. Siegmund, whose life is thy love, go with thee." is the burden that thou bearest within thee, so let thy heart be great Then answered Wotan: "Not from me, Brunnhilde," he said, "comes thy "Time was," she said, "when thou wert on Siegmund''s side, and by thy that thou follow the man who brings love to thee." id = 27265 author = Brownell, Gertrude Hall title = The Wagnerian Romances date = keywords = Alberich; Beckmesser; Brangaene; Brünnhilde; Elsa; Eva; Fafner; Fricka; God; Grail; Gunther; Gurnemanz; Hagen; Isolde; King; Knight; Loge; Mime; Nothung; Parsifal; Rhine; Ring; Sachs; Siegfried; Sieglinde; Siegmund; Tristan; Walhalla; Walther; Wotan; day; love summary = word does she utter about love,--but she brings his heart to a Wotan places the ring on his hand and stands "When the dark enemy of love shall in wrath beget a son, the end of "You followed, light of heart, the call of love," Wotan replies Wotan-sword alone an intrepid stupid boy, Siegfried, shall destroy long have I loved you, Siegfried!" He believes for a moment that dark enemy of Love shall in wrath beget a son, the end of the gods if she shall not accept the master-singers'' choice, Sachs knows So the offer stands: A lovely girl and a rich inheritance shall the world is life, is love, is joy, is a beautiful wish come true, all power of doubt my love shall stand!" He clasps her in his arms, comes home, and I am far away from him in life, you shall give id = 45806 author = Carré, Michel title = Faust: A Lyric Drama in Five Acts date = keywords = Cho; Dieu; Elle; Faust; MEPHISTOPHELES; March; Marguerite; Mart; Mep; Sie; Val; Wag; scene summary = _Faust._ No. _Mep._ Do you doubt my power? _Mep._ ''Tis well--all thou desirest I can give thee. MEPHISTOPHELES, FAUST, and SIEBEL. (MARGUERITE yields her arm to FAUST, and withdraws with him. FAUST and MARGUERITE re-enter.) _Faust._ Nay, I do love thee! _Faust._ Would''st thou have me leave thee? _Mep._ No pardon hath heaven left for thee! _Mep._ Marguerite, lost, lost art thou! MARGUERITE asleep; FAUST and MEPHISTOPHELES. _Faust._ Yes, I am here, and I love thee, _Faust._ Come, Marguerite, let us fly! _Faust._ Non. _Mep._ Doutes-tu ma puissance?... _Faust._ Et que peux-tu pour moi? _Mep._ Plus de bouquets à Marguerite!... (Il s''éloigne avec FAUST du même côté que MARGUERITE.) MEPHISTOPHELES, FAUST, puis SIEBEL. c''est comme une main qui sur mon bras se pose! Que j''apporte n''est pas pour vous mettre en gaité:-(MARGUERITE abandonne son bras à FAUST et s''éloigne avec Entre FAUST et MARGUERITE.) _Mep._ Marguerite! MARGUERITE, endormie, FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES. id = 6443 author = Frost, William Henry title = The Wagner Story Book: Firelight Tales of the Great Music Dramas date = keywords = Daughter; Father; Fool; Gods; Grail; King; fire; knight summary = "''Come quickly,'' says the Father of the Gods, ''and let us get this the Father of the Gods is sure that the hero who knows no fear has come "The king does tell him a little of this story, when the hero asks him, away and to lead his bride before the King, where he will come and tell Knight of the Swan comes too, and he asks the King if he did right to "And won''t the knight come back at all?" asked the little girl. "Is he a knight?" asked the little girl, instinctively knowing him for "The young knight, who knows the goldsmith, tells him now that he wants He is thinking, I know, of the young knight and his song, black knight is such a big man and looks like such a good fighter that "While the old knight and the woman stand here, another comes toward id = 808 author = Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) title = The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan date = keywords = ACT; ALINE; BAR; BUN; CAPT; CAS; CHORUS; Court; DON; DUKE; FAIRFAX; GENERAL; GIU; GROS; Grand; JOSEPH; JULIA; King; LUD; Lady; Lord; MAR; MERYLL; PATIENCE; PHOEBE; PITTI; POINT; POOH; Princess; ROB; RUD; RUTH; SIR; SONG; STREPH; TESS; THES; WILFRED; Yum; aside; enter; frederic; girl summary = Bless her tough old heart, she''s a mean little darling! My good sir, I''m a light-hearted girl, but I don''t reverence—venerate Sir Joseph, for he is a great and good man; daughter, and tell her, like an honest man, of the honest love I young lady, I shall know it''s an elderly relative. married to-day to the man I love best and I believe I am the very My good sir, I decline to pin my heart upon any lady''s (FREDERIC rises and comes forward with PIRATE KING, who enters) KING: Yes, Frederic, from to-day you rank as a full-blown Florian: My lord, we love our King. That no one knows!" Indeed, I love thee — Come! Nay, dear one, where true love is, there is little Who loves this young lady to-day, PATIENCE The love of such a man as you for such a girl as I must id = 16840 author = Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline) title = Stories of the Wagner Opera date = keywords = Alberich; Brunhilde; Elsa; Grail; Holy; Mime; Rienzi; Siegfried; Sieglinde; Siegmund; Tannhäuser; Tristan; Wagner; Wotan; Ysolde summary = watch over the anchored vessel, singing of the maiden he loves ends by fervently praying that he may soon appear to put her love and of his release from the curse, but soon he begins to love prays that death may soon come to ease her pain and bring her sight, the Swan Knight announces to the king that he has come Blanchefleur, sister of King Mark of Cornwall, falls in love scenes of his happy youth; but Tristan sadly declares that life knight, approaching the maiden softly, declares his love in a beauty, and he soon falls madly in love with them, and makes of this statement, the gods soon behold a long train of dwarfs his curse after the gods, declaring the ring will ever bring the time came for her son Siegfried to come into the world. Next Brunhilde comes upon the scene, singing a song of vengeance; id = 20264 author = Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald) title = Parsifal: Story and Analysis of Wagner''s Great Opera date = keywords = Amfortas; Grail; Gurnemanz; Klingsor; Kundry; Parsifal; Wagner summary = life thereof." That is the key-note of _Parsifal_, the Knight of the spear were committed to Titurel, who became a holy knight and head of a by turns the Knights of the Grail, then falls under the spell of Through the Wound-motive comes the sweet woodland music and the breath forest music again breaks forth, the king is carried on to his bath, and Holy Palace, what time the mystic light streams forth and the assembled As the wounded King Amfortas is borne in, the assembled knights, each Gurnemanz is seated among knights; Parsifal stands aside and looks on in As the Holy Grail is set down on the altar before the wounded king, a fluttering like a wounded dove in pain, fierce bursts of passion, wild Parsifal has invaded Klingsor''s realm; the evil knights have fled before PARSIFAL ENTERING THE GRAIL CASTLE IN TRIUMPH] id = 43289 author = Humperdinck, Engelbert title = Hänsel and Gretel: A Fairy Opera in Three Acts date = keywords = FATHER; GRETEL; HEXE; HÄNSEL; Kinder; MOTHER; MUTTER; Scene; Sie; child; die; und; witch summary = Hänsel and Gretel is an opera in three acts, the music by Engelbert The witch calls Gretel out and opens the oven door. children suddenly surround Hänsel and Gretel. (_Treibt auch Gretel zur Stube hinaus und droht mit dem Stocke wie wird die Mutter den Hänsel loben! (_Holt eine Beere aus dem Körbchen und hält sie Hänsel hin, der sie (_Sie öffnet die Backofenthür; Hänsel giebt Gretel lebhafte Zeichen._) (_Hänsel und Gretel fallen sich jubelnd in die Arme, fassen sich bei der (_Er erblickt Hänsel und Gretel._) HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL HÄNSEL UND GRETEL Hänsel sits near the door, making brooms, and Gretel opposite him by (_Whilst the Witch is feeding Hänsel, Gretel gets behind her and makes (_Four Gingerbread Children at a time surround Hänsel and Gretel, and changed to "Hänsel und Gretel" in the transcribed text. id = 13843 author = Illica, Luigi title = Libretto: La Bohème date = keywords = COL; MAR; MARCEL; MIMI; MUS; RUD; Rudolph; SCH summary = Rudolph loves Mimi passionately, but is consumed with jealousy. Rudolph now comes upon the scene and not seeing Mimi tells Mimi reconciles Marcel and Musetta. Musetta tells her old friends that Mimi is dying and gives them her falls upon her knees in prayer and Mimi passes away in Rudolph''s arms. "...Mimi was a charming girl specially apt to appeal to Rudolph, the (RUDOLPH _takes a light from the table and goes to open the door: (RUDOLPH lights the candle and gives it to MIMI.) Love now shall rule our hearts | Sweet to my soul the magic voice Aloof from the crowd, RUDOLPH and MIMI; COLLINE is near a rag-shop, (MARCEL, SCHAUNARD _and_ COLLINE _try to find an empty table outside In the café there is much animation._ RUDOLPH _and_ MIMI _come Colline, Rudolph, and you, Marcel. "Mimi''s voice seemed to go through Rudolph''s heart like a death-knell. id = 40540 author = Kobbé, Gustav title = The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation date = keywords = Act; Alberich; Aïda; Baritone; Bass; Brünnhilde; Carmen; Caruso; Count; December; Don; Duke; Dutchman; Elsa; Elvira; English; Eva; Falstaff; Faust; February; Figaro; Garden; Giovanni; Grail; Gunther; Hagen; House; Hunding; Isolde; January; John; King; Leonora; Librettist; Lohengrin; London; Love; Manon; March; Marguerite; Metropolitan; Mezzo; Mime; Motive; Mozart; New; November; Opera; Paris; Princess; Queen; Richard; Rigoletto; Rossini; Sachs; Siegfried; Sieglinde; Siegmund; Soprano; Tannhäuser; Tenor; Theatre; Tristan; Verdi; Wagner; Walther; Wotan; York; character; illustration; italian; music summary = In the modern opera house the final curtain falls upon this scene. the Siegfried Motive combine to place the music of the scene with the hero''s growing ecstasy finds expression in the Motive of Love''s Joy. At last it awakens a responsive note of purely human passion in Opera in three acts, words and music by Richard Wagner. Opera in three acts, words and music by Richard Wagner. Opera in three acts, words and music by Richard Wagner. In the music lesson scene in the second act the original score is work by him, was given for the opening of two New York opera houses, Opera-goers of the old Academy of Music days will recall the bell-like chorus from the previous act of the same opera, or passionate love as Opera in five acts (12 scenes). Opera in five acts (12 scenes). Opera in four acts and eight scenes; libretto taken from the id = 3770 author = Krehbiel, Henry Edward title = A Second Book of Operas date = keywords = Butterfly; Cavalleria; Dalila; House; Leoncavallo; Lola; Madame; Mascagni; Metropolitan; Moses; Mr.; New; Opera; Pagliacci; Rossini; Rubinstein; Samson; Signor; Turiddu; Wagner; York; american; biblical; chapter; french; german; italian; russian summary = First performances, As oratorio and opera in New York, An inquiry into opera, Scenic and musical adornments, Performances in New York, ladies, First performance in New York, American history of the opera, The song of the sun, Allegory and drama, Story of the opera, et Maria Theresa, First performance of the opera at New York, "Der First performance of Moussorgsky''s opera in New York, Participation of works were of the kind called sacred operas in the books and are spoken the Academy of Music by the National Opera Company, then in its death in New York by the American Opera Company, at the Academy of Music, on took the work of making the opera book in hand. of New York in the book and play and a prince in the opera, but in all composer if not more, set him to music, but the opera was never id = 5724 author = Krehbiel, Henry Edward title = A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music date = keywords = Beethoven; Boito; Count; Countess; Don; Faust; Figaro; Giovanni; Goethe; Gounod; Grail; Isolde; King; Lohengrin; Marguerite; Max; Mefistofele; Mozart; New; Paris; Rosina; Rossini; Sachs; Susanna; Tannhäuser; Tristan; Venus; Verdi; Wagner; York; french; german; italian; musical; opera summary = --The plot of the opera--Gounod on the beautiful in Mozart''s music The love story in Gounod''s opera--Ancient bondsmen of the devil-Music in the mediaeval Faust plays--Early operas on the subject-Meyerbeer and Goethe''s poem--Composers of Faust music--Beethoven-into an opera by Raoul Gunsbourg--The composer''s "Scenes from Faust" opera troupe to visit the New World, performed it in Italian on The opera, like all the old works of the lyrical stage, precede the story of the opera as it came from Mozart''s hand. Mozart composed "Don Giovanni" for the Italian Opera at Prague, opera "Faust," went for their subject to Goethe''s dramatic poem. The opera begins, like Goethe''s dramatic poem, after the prologue, he called his opera "Mefistofele," not "Faust," he drew its scenes, drawn from the music of the opera; but, like the prelude to Wagner''s German opera at Prague, and when he was called to be Court Music id = 35699 author = O''Keeffe, John title = Fontainbleau; a comic opera. In three acts date = keywords = Colonel; Dolly; Enter; Henry; Lack; Lady; Miss; Sir; Tall summary = _Sir John._ [_Without._] I wish, my Lady Bull, you''d let Robin have upon my honour, it is Sir John Bull and his lady--this _Enter SIR JOHN and LADY BULL, FRENCH INN-KEEPER, Four FRENCH _Lack._ Sir John Bull, I think they call him, from the city--[_Aside._] _Nan._ Sir, you won''t let me tell you, that Colonel Epaulette has sent _Rosa._ [_Aside._] I must get Henry out of the house before my Lord French Colonel Epaulette,--ay, I shall win twenty thousand by the day; _Lack._ Ah, Tallyho, my dear fellow, I give you joy--Upon my honour I _Lack._ Yes, we''ll all wait on the lady.--I shall engage her hand at the _Lack._ Here comes Tallyho--Yes, Casey''s burgundy has quite done him up. _Lack._ Will your ladyship honour me--Miss Dolly, your lily hand-_Enter COLONEL EPAULETTE and MISS DOLLY BULL._ _Miss Dolly B._ Lord, sir, are you going to run away? _Enter SIR JOHN and LADY BULL._ id = 36651 author = O''Keeffe, John title = The Castle of Andalusia: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts date = keywords = Aside; Cæsar; Don; Enter; Fer; Fernando; Juan; Ped; Scipio; Spado summary = thought on; a rich old fellow, one Don Scipio, has lately come to _Spado._ You were posting full gallop to Don Scipio''s castle, on the _Don Scipio._ Dear Fernando, you are as welcome to this castle as _Don Fer._ Don Scipio, I hoped to have the honour of seeing your son. _Enter DON SCIPIO and SPADO._ _Don Scipio._ Now, Spado, I--hey, where is my little dreamer? _Spado._ [_Aside._] Oh, zounds!--Yes, sir, as I was telling you. _Ped._ Why, sir, Don Scipio, being a gentleman of discernment, _Ped._ I will, sir--Don Scipio, you are the master. _Ped._ I will--Sir, you are Fernando, and I am Pedrillo. _Don Fer._ [_Presents it to DON SCIPIO._] There, sir. _Vas._ [_To SCIPIO._] Don Fernando would speak to you, sir. _Don Scipio._ Some, I believe, may go up--Eh, little Spado, could you _Spado._ And, sir, [_To SCIPIO._] if fate has decreed that your son is id = 15915 author = Offenbach, Jacques title = New version of Les contes d''Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman) date = keywords = ANTONIA; CHOEUR; CHORUS; CRESPEL; GIULIETTA; HOFFMAN; MIRACLE; NATHANAEL; NICKLAUSSE; Olympia; SPALANZANI; Zach summary = general applause, and Hoffmann falls desperately in love with her. Giulietta, but she is bribed by Dapertutto to make Hoffmann love her, proof of his love she wants Hoffmann to get the key of her room away Hoffmann demands the key; Schlemil tells him to come and Antonia has been told by her father, Crespel, to sing no more. Hoffmann, who has long loved her, comes, he wonders why, but he soon Que mon premier toast soit pour elle! Comment Hoffmann n''est-il pas là O toi qui dans ce drame où mon coeur se consume Il ne lui manque rien, Elle est très bien! Et moi, ce n''est pas là, pardieu, ce qui m''enchante! C''est pour Hoffman à ce qu''il semble, Tout mon coeur est à toi. Tout ce qui n''est pas toi n''est plus rien dans ma vie. Ah, qu''elle est cette voix qui me trouble l''esprit? Mais n''est-ce pas elle id = 6731 author = Sheridan, Richard Brinsley title = The Duenna: A Comic Opera date = keywords = Ant; Antonio; Don; Duen; Ferd; Isaac; Jer; Louisa summary = That, though my sleeping love shall know Here comes Don Antonio, sir. Tomorrow, your father forces Louisa to marry Isaac, the Portuguese--but is not at the same time a daughter of mine, I''m sure I shall have no Then, pray sir, in future, let your regard for your father I fear, indeed, my friend Antonio has little to hope for; Let her cunning overreach my caution, I say--hey, little Isaac! wish I had ever practised a love-scene--I doubt I shall make a poor [_Coming forward_.] Dear sir, what''s the matter? Don Jerome, come now, let us lay aside all joking, and be As I live, here is your friend coming with Antonio! _Re-enter_ DON ANTONIO _and_ DONNA LOUISA. Carlos told me he had left Donna Clara--dear Ferdinand, keep your Yes, good father Paul, we are come to beg a favour. But come--let us retire, with this good father, and we''ll explain to id = 14968 author = Upton, George P. (George Putnam) title = The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers (12th edition) date = keywords = Caesar; Count; Diavolo; Don; Duke; Elvira; English; Faust; Figaro; Giovanni; Grail; Herr; José; King; Leonora; Lohengrin; London; Mignon; Milan; Mlle; Mme; Mozart; Mr.; Paris; Queen; Rienzi; Siegmund; Sig; St.; Verdi; Vienna; Wagner; act; german; italian; opera; scene summary = The last act opens with a song by Carmen ("Though Love''s the greatest The opera opens with a charming, playful love-scene between Jacquino to life, and the opera closes with a beautiful terzetto in Love''s their duet dies away, the chorus of maidens brings the act to a close scene of the second act, which inevitably recalls the garden music in scene, the act closes with brilliant pageant music as De Nevers The scene of the opera is laid in Brittany, and when the first act most beautiful music of the opera,--Vasco''s opening aria, "O been poisoned, and the act closes with a scene of great power in which The second act, like the first, opens with a chorus, this time, appears, and in a scene of great power, accompanied by music which The first act opens with a spirited chorus of villagers, followed by a id = 42918 author = Upton, George P. (George Putnam) title = The Standard Light Operas, Their Plots and Their Music date = keywords = Captain; Count; Countess; Don; Duchess; General; King; Lady; London; Lord; Marian; Marquis; Opéra; Paris; Prince; Queen; Robin; Sir; Theatre; act; comic; love; personages; song summary = In the first act the principal numbers are the opening song of George, The second act opens with a charming chorus, "Tap, tap," sung by the The principal numbers in the second act are Janet''s joyous song, "There are a graceful carnival scene with chorus opening the act; the serenade Hector''s song, "Young appearing," in the second act; and the lively The second act opens with a love scene between Werner and Margaretha, principal numbers of the third act are Margaretha''s song, "My Love rode finale to the first act beginning with a mock serious aria in which Mrs. Ford bewails her husband''s jealousy, followed by a sextette and chorus, "The Sorcerer." The second act opens with a chorus of the daughters and The leading numbers of the second act are the opening duet first scene of the second act is a mine of charming songs, including id = 38153 author = Wagnalls, Mabel title = Stars of the Opera A Description of Operas & a Series of Personal Interviews with Marcela Sembrich, Emma Eames, Emma Calvé, Lillian Nordica, Lilli Lehmann, Geraldine Farrar & Nellie Melba date = keywords = Aida; Butterfly; Carmen; Charlotte; Don; Elsa; Faust; Hamlet; José; Lakme; Lehmann; Lohengrin; Madame; Marguerite; Nordica; Ophelia; Raoul; Rhadames; Valentine; Wagner; like; music summary = training his voice, studying music, memorizing operas, overcoming orchestra, like the dim visions of a dying man, that first love-theme so This is the great theme of the opera, the center-stone of the musical The peaceful love-music greets our ears as we look upon the next scene, effect of dream-music by having the chorus sing behind the scenes with love-music like a beacon-light on a turbulent sea. distressing thought agitates the music like the passing of a great ship The great theme of the opera is the Huguenot hymn, a thrilling song of The opening of the second act is like a musical mirage--tone-phantasies swinging theme in which all the voices move together like a great his voice greeting her like familiar music. love-music, followed by the somber theme of revenge like a shadow after like a buried diamond, the great love-theme of the opera. id = 11633 author = Wagner, Richard title = Parsifal A Mystical Drama by Richard Wagner Retold in the Spirit of the Bayreuth Interpretation date = keywords = God; Grail; Gurnemanz; Holy; King; Kundry; Parsifal; Spear summary = Parsifal in Quest of the Holy Grail Parsifal revealing the Holy Grail the Holy Grail of God. Those who desire to study further the mystical and spiritual meanings Is needing thee, for here doth come the King!" Spake with his own sad heart: "He comes, my King,-Of Monsalvat, forever given to God. And ye, blest servants of the Holy Grail, And live the life of warriors of God. This Klingsor came to holy Titurel For e''en the heart of bird doth know sweet love,-"My son Amfortas, art thou at thy post?... And let thy holy hands reveal the Grail And let me die, and come to Thee pure-hearted!" But she: "O Parsifal, thou foolish heart! Look up, and this heart''s love shall comfort thee!" "Ah, woman, now I know thee who thou art. Now do I come to thee with heart of love; O let me serve thee and the Holy Grail." id = 16250 author = Wagner, Richard title = Tristan and Isolda: Opera in Three Acts date = keywords = BRANGÆNA; ISOLDA; KURVENAL; King; Mark; TRISTAN summary = Tristan, a valiant Cornish knight, is bringing Isolda, princess of Isolda has been wedded to King Mark, but holds stolen interviews with Tristan''s faithful servant, Kurvenal, has carried his wounded master (_She lets the curtain fall and hastens to_ ISOLDA.) thou''st quitted thy father and mother, ISOLDA (_whose eyes have at once sought_ TRISTAN _and fixed KURVENAL (_observing Brangæna''s approach, plucks Tristan by the robe Sir Tristan gives thee ISOLDA (_advancing with the cup to_ TRISTAN, _who gazes Tristan and Isolda remain absorbed in mutual (_Rushing between_ TRISTAN _and_ ISOLDA.) Love''s goddess dost thou not know? (TRISTAN _draws_ ISOLDA _gently aside to a flowery bank, sinks TRISTAN (_drawing_ ISOLDA _gently towards him with expressive ISOLDA (looking fondly up at TRISTAN). wilt thou, Isolda, follow? See''st thou Isolda? See''st thou Isolda? But thou, Tristan, TRISTAN (_turning, his dying eyes on_ ISOLDA). Tristan, where art thou? and give thee up to thy love. id = 48214 author = Wagner, Richard title = The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie The Ring of the Niblung, part 1 date = keywords = ALBERICH; BRÜNNHILDE; FRICKA; Freia; LOGE; Sieglinde; Siegmund; Thou; WOTAN; illustration; plate summary = He brings thee this sword" plate 22 With dismay thou art filling thy child!" plate 26 As he moves slowly away, Wotan turns and looks GODS: WOTAN, DONNER, FROH, LOGE To thy bosom with love and with longing. Thou hast thy hall; Abandon thee in thy need. When thy hand held forth a ring The hoard and thy gleaming gold. It will crush thee to thy cost, rogue. Thou wouldst have wooed for thy bride; For the gold thou hast let go. Who pursues thee so close at thy heels? Here comes Fricka, thy wife, I seek thee, where thou dost hide With dismay thou art filling thy child!"] With dismay thou art filling thy child!"] That she carries of thee and thy love! Pierce thou my heart with thy sword! Of thy love, O woman! Thou hast shaped thy doom for thyself. With Wotan no part hast thou-- id = 49507 author = Wagner, Richard title = Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods The Ring of the Niblung, part 2 date = keywords = ALBERICH; BRÜNNHILDE; Fafner; Gunther; HAGEN; MIME; Rhine; SIEGFRIED; WANDERER; Wotan; illustration summary = Siegfried hands the drinking-horn back to Gutrune, and Brünnhilde kisses the ring that Siegfried has left with ''Tis plain thou lovest thy Mime, And yet thou dost owe me thy life! "Brought thee thy food, "Brought thee thy food, And thou shalt learn on thy limbs Fear thou wilt learn from Fafner, Once more art thou firm in thy hilt. Wilt thou hold thy hand from the hoard? Thou wilt remember who brought thee, Hast thou thy home in this wood? Thou thyself with thy taunting So long loved wert thou, Siegfried! Nevermore thy mother will greet thee! [Illustration: Brünnhilde throws herself into Siegfried''s arms. Then wert thou Siegfried and Brünnhild''. [Illustration: Siegfried hands the drinking-horn back to Gutrune, and [_Gunther drinks and hands the horn to Siegfried, [Illustration: Brünnhilde kisses the ring that Siegfried has left with Hear thou thy son! Brünnhild'' greets thee, thy bride! id = 38597 author = nan title = Martha; or, The Fair at Richmond date = keywords = LADY; LIO; NAN; NANCY; PLUN; TRIS summary = 2. "Every heart with love inflaming." Nancy, Lady Harriet. 3. "Lovely cousin, I implore you." Sir Tristan, Lady Harriet, 7. "See what grace they show." Lady Harriet, Nancy, Lionel, 8. "Come in, my pretty maidens." Lionel, Plunket, Lady 9. "That''s the room I mean to give her." Plunket, Lionel, Lady "Come, your tasks await." Plunket, Nancy, Lionel and Lady "''Tis the Last Rose of Summer." Lady Harriet and Lionel. "Midnight chimes sound afar." Lady Harriet, Nancy, Lionel "Let''s be off then, in a hurry." Lady Harriet, Nancy, "Heaven forgive this cruel scorning." Lionel, Lady "Now the April days returning." Lady Harriet and Lionel. (NANCY _holds hand mirror before_ LADY H.) The farmers are all going to engage servants for the coming year LADY HARRIET, NANCY _and_ TRISTAN _in peasant costume_.) men_, LIONEL _and_ PLUNKET, _enter, inviting the girls_, LADY H. (LADY HARRIET, NANCY _and_ PLUNKET _enter and come down front while