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 lUCREZIA BORGIA, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 i BOLENA, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 CAINE, 
 
 Meyerbeer. j 
 
 1 LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 :mian girl. 
 
 Balfe. 
 
 1 MARTHA. (Illustrated.; 
 
 Flotow. 
 
 IN MASCHESA, 
 
 Verdi. i 
 
 MARITANA, 
 
 Wallace. 
 
 ;EE of SEVILLE, 
 
 Rossini. 
 
 MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, 
 
 Mozart. 
 
 E HELENE, 
 
 Offenbach. j 
 
 MERRY WIVES OF V/INDSOR, 
 
 Nicolai. 
 
 E BLUE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 MIGNON, 
 
 Thomas. 
 
 E OF MESSINA, 
 
 Bonawit?. '■ 
 
 MASANIELLO, 
 
 Auber. 
 
 rs DIAMONDS. (Illti 5trated.) 
 
 Anber. ! 
 
 MAGIC FLUTE, 
 
 Mozart. 
 
 >INO E LA COMAEE, 
 
 Ricci. 1 
 
 MIRELLA, 
 
 Gounod. 
 
 .iHTER OF THE EEGIMENT, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 NORMA. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Bellini, 
 
 FEEISCHUTZ, 
 
 Weber. 
 
 ORPHEUS, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 RAH, 
 
 Meyerbeer. 
 
 OSTROLENKA, 
 
 Bonawitz. 
 
 GIOVANNI. 
 
 Mozart. 
 
 POSTILLION OF LONJUMEAU, 
 
 Adam. 
 
 2 BLANCHE, 
 
 Boieldieu. 
 
 PRINCESSE DE TREBIZONDE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 iNI, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 PERICHOLE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 RITA, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 POLIUTO, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 LIO, 
 
 Beethoven. j 
 
 ROSE OF CASTILE, 
 
 Balfe. 
 
 T, 
 
 Gounod. 
 
 ROBERT LE DIABLE, 
 
 Meyerbeor. 
 
 E DE MADAME ANGOT, 
 
 Lecocq. 
 
 1 RIGOLETTO, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 DIAVALO. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Auber. 
 
 RUY BLAS, 
 
 Karchetti 
 
 A LADRA, 
 
 Rossini. 
 
 SATANELLA, 
 
 T, 
 
 ■VIEVE DE BRABANT, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 STRADELLA. 
 
 
 fD DUCHESS, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 SONNAMBULA, 
 
 
 LET. 
 
 Thomas. i 
 
 TR A VI ATA, 
 
 Veidi. 
 
 JENOTS. 
 
 Meyerbeer. 
 
 TROVATORE, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 HOE. Templar and Jewesi, 
 
 Marsohner. 
 
 TANNHAUSER, 
 
 Wagner. 
 
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 Halevy. 
 
 WILLIAM TELL, 
 
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 Wagner. 
 
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 This Series now comprises Librettos of the following Operas : 
 
 THEY ARE CAREFULLY TRANSLATED AND ARRANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXTS, 
 
 AND FOR COMPLETENESS AND BEAUTY OF TYPOGRAPHY, 
 
 SURPASS ALL OTHER EDITIONS. 
 
 AIDA, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 LUCREZIA BORGIA, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 ANNA BOLENA, 
 
 Donizetti, 
 
 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOS, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 AFKICAINE, 
 
 Meyerbeer. 
 
 LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL, 
 
 Balfe. 
 
 MARTHA. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Flotow. 
 
 BALLO IN MASCHERA, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 MARITANA, 
 
 Wallace. 
 
 BARBER OF SEVILLE, 
 
 Rossini. 
 
 MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, 
 
 Mozart. 
 
 BELLE HELENE, 
 
 Oifenbaoh. 
 
 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, 
 
 Nioolai. 
 
 BARBE BLUE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 MIGNON, 
 
 Thomas. 
 
 BRIDE OF MESSINA, 
 
 BonawitJ. 
 
 MASANIELLO, 
 
 Auber. 
 
 CROWN DIAMONDS. (Illu5tTated.) 
 
 Auber. 
 
 MAGIC FLUTE, 
 
 Mozart. 
 
 CRISPINO E LA COMARE, 
 
 Ricoi. 
 
 MIRELLA, 
 
 Gounod. 
 
 DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 NORMA. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Bellini. 
 
 DER FEEISCHUTZ, 
 
 Weber. 
 
 ORPHEUS, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 DINORAH, 
 
 Meyerbeer. 
 
 OSTROLENKA, 
 
 Bonawitz. 
 
 DON GIOVANNI, 
 
 Kozart. 
 
 POSTILLION OF LONJUMEAU, 
 
 Adam. 
 
 DAME BLANCHE, 
 
 Boieldien. 
 
 PRINCESSE DE TREBIZONDE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 ERNANI, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 PERICHOLE, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 FAVORITA, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 POLIUTO, 
 
 Donizetti. 
 
 FIDELIO, 
 
 Beethoven. 
 
 ROSE OF CASTILE. 
 
 Balfe. 
 
 FAUST, 
 
 Gounod. 
 
 ROBERT LE DIABLE, 
 
 Meyerbear. 
 
 FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT, 
 
 Lecocq. 
 
 RIGOLETTO, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 FRA DIAVALO. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Auber. 
 
 RUY BLAS, 
 
 Marchetti. 
 
 GAZZA LADRA, 
 
 Rossini, 
 
 SATANELLA, 
 
 Balfe. 
 
 GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 STRADELLA, 
 
 Flotow. 
 
 GRAND DUCHESS, 
 
 Offenbach. 
 
 SONNAMBULA, 
 
 Bellini.* 
 
 HAMLET, 
 
 Thomas. 
 
 1 TRAVIATA. 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 HUGUENOTS, 
 
 Meyerbeer. 
 
 TROVATORE, 
 
 Verdi. 
 
 IVANHOE. Templar and Jeweii, 
 
 Marschner. 
 
 TANNHAUSER, 
 
 Wagner. 
 
 JEWESS, 
 
 Halevy. 
 
 WILLIAM TELL, 
 
 Rossini. 
 
 LOHENGRIN, 
 
 Wagner. 
 
 ZAMPA, 
 
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 Crispino e la Comare, Marria 
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 Ernani, Favorita, Fra Diavolo, S 
 Robert le Diable, Zampa, Fr« 
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[The Ethiopian Slave.] 
 
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 SKETCH OF THE PLOT. 
 
 BOA* daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, has been led into captivity by tlie 
 Egyptians. While in bondage, she conceives a tender passion for Radames, a young 
 Egyptian warrior, who warmly responds to her affection. The opening incidents of 
 the opera disclose these facts, and set forth, besides, the choice of Radames as leader 
 of an expedition against the invading forces of Ethiopia, and the love, still unrevealed, 
 of Amneris, daughter of Egypt's sovereign, for the fortune-favored chieftain. Am- 
 neris suspects the existence of a rival, but does not learn the truth until Radames 
 returns victorious. The second act commences with a scene between the Princess 
 and the slave. Amneris wrests from Aida the secret she longs and yet dreads to 
 fathom, and direhate at once possesses her. Radames comes back, laden with spoils. 
 Among his prisoners — his rank being unknown to his captors — is Amonasro, father 
 of Aida. Radames asks of his Sovereign that the captives be freed. The King consents to releasing 
 all of them except Aida and Amonasro. The Monarch then bestows upon the unwilling Radames the 
 hand of Amneris, and, amid songs of jubilation, the act terminates. In the Third Act, the marriage of 
 Amneris and Radames is on the eve of celebration. Radames, however, is devotedly attached to Aida, 
 and the maiden, urged thereunto by Amonasro, seeks to persuade the soldier to flee to Ethiopia and 
 turn his sword against his native land. Without resolving upon the act of treachery, Radames lends 
 an ear to her supplications. The party is about to take to flight, when the High Priest, Ramphis, and Am- 
 neris, both of whom have overheard the lovers, appear. Aida and Amonasro, on the advice of Radames, 
 escape. Radames remains to await his fate. This is speedily decided. Radames, in Act the Fourth, is 
 tried on a charge of treason. Amneris, repentant, vainly endeavors to save his life, for the lover of 
 Aida scorns to renounce her, and is deaf to the entreaties of the daughter of the King, whose jealousy, 
 as Amneris herself is aware, has brought about his downfall. The denouement is not long delayed. 
 The final picture shows the interior of the Temple of Vulcan. On high is tlie hall of worship ; below, 
 the vault in which Radames, doomed to die, is interred alive by the priests. As the stone is sealed over 
 his head, Aida, who has awaited Radames in the tomb, rises before him. The lovers are locked in a 
 last embrace as Amneris, heart-broken, kneels in prayer on the marble which parts from the living the 
 couple now united in death. 
 
 Aida was written at the request of the Khedive of Egypt, and first perfonned at Cairo in 18T0. Its 
 production in America, before its performance in either London or Paris, is creditable to the enterprise 
 and liberality of Mr. Strakosch. Below, we give the cast of the Opera at the Academy of Music, N. Y., 
 November 2Gth, 18T3. 
 
 CHARACTERS REPRESENTED. 
 
 AIDA, an Ethiopian Slave, Soprano, 
 
 AMNERIS, daughter of the King of Egypt, Contralto, 
 
 AMONASRO, King of Ethiopia, father of Aida, Baritone, 
 
 RADAMES, Captain of the Guard, Tenor, 
 
 RAMPHIS, High Priest, Bass, 
 
 KING OF EGYPT, Bass. 
 
 MESSENGER, Tenor, 
 
 Priests, Soldiers, Ethiopian Slaves and Prisoners, 
 
 Mile Torriani. 
 
 Miss Annie Louise Cary. 
 
 M. Victor Maurel. 
 
 Sig. Italio Campanini. 
 
 Sig. Nanneli. 
 
 Sig. Scolara. 
 
 Sig. Boy. 
 
 Egyptians, etc. 
 
 SOEHSTE. 
 Memphis and Thebes, during the epoch of the Pharaohs. 
 
 P. S'^^T' <>/*l^l^' 
 
(THE ETHIOPIAN SLAYE.) 
 
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 -A.OT FIRST: 
 
 SCENE FIRST. 
 
 EaZZ tn the Palace of the King at Memphis. 
 
 To the right and left a colonnade with statues and flowering shrubs. At the back a grand gate, from 
 which may be seen the temples and palaces of Memphis, and the Pyramids. Radames and Ramphis 
 
 Ramphis. Yes, a report runs that the Ethiopian 
 dares 
 
 Again defy us, and the valley of the Nile 
 
 And Thebes to threaten. — A messenger shortly 
 
 Will bring the truth. 
 Radames. The sacred Isis 
 
 Didst thou consult ? 
 Ramphis. She has named 
 
 Of the Egyptian phalanxes 
 
 The supreme leader. 
 Radames. Oh ! happy man I 
 Ramphis. (with meaning, gazing at Radames.) 
 Young and brave is he. Now to the King 
 
 I convey the decrees of the goddess. [^Ilxit. 
 
 Radames. (alone. ) If that warrior 
 
 I were ! If my dream 
 
 Should be verified 1 An army of brave men 
 
 Led by me — victory — ^the applause 
 
 Of all Memphis 1 — And to thee, my sweet Aida, 
 
 To return, crowned with laurels 1 
 
 To say to thee : for thee I have fought, and for 
 thee conquered I 
 
 Celestial Aida, divine form, 
 
 Mystic garland of light and flowers : 
 
 Of my thoughts thou art the queen. 
 
 Of my life thou art the splendor. 
 
 I would give back to thee thy beautiful heaven, 
 
 The sweet breezes of thy native land ; 
 
 A regal chaplet on thy tresses I would place, 
 
 And erect for thee a throne near the sun. 
 [Enter Amneris. 
 Amneris. What unwonted fire in thy glance ! 
 
 With what noble pride glows thy face 1 
 
 Worthy of envy — oh, how much — 
 
 Would be the woman whose beloved aspect 
 
 Should awaken in thee this light of joy I 
 Radames. With an adventurous dream 
 
 My heart was blessed. To day the goddess 
 
 Declared the name of the warrior who to the field 
 
 The Egyptian troops shall lead — If I were 
 
 To such honor destined I 
 
 Amneris. Has not another dream 
 
 More gentle — more sweet 
 
 Spoken to thy heart ? Hast thou not in Mem- 
 phis, 
 
 Desires — hopes ? — 
 Radames. 1 1 — (What a question I 
 
 Perhaps — the hidden love 
 
 Which bums my heart, she has discovered — 
 
 The name of her slave 
 
 She reads in my thoughts !) 
 Amneris. (Oh ! woe, if another love 
 
 Should burn in his heart — 
 
 Woe, if my search should penetrate 
 
 This fatal mystery ! 
 
 [Enter Aida. 
 Radames, (seeing Aida.) She 1 
 Amneris. (He is moved 1 And what 
 
 A glance he turns to her 1 
 
 Aida ! My rival 
 
 Perhaps is she ?) 
 
 (after a short silence turning to Aida) 
 
 Come, sweet one, approach 1 
 
 Slave nor servant art thou 
 
 Here where in sweet bond 
 
 I have called thee sister — 
 
 Weepest thou ? Of thy tears 
 
 Reveal to me the secret. 
 Aida. Oh me ! I hear rage 
 
 The horrid cry of war — 
 
 For the unhappy country, 
 
 For myself — for you I am in fear. 
 Amneris. Speakest thou the truth ? Does not 
 
 A graver care agitate thee ? 
 
 (Aida casts down her eyes and tries to hide her 
 emotion.) 
 
 Amneris, (regarding Aida.) (Tremble, wretch- 
 ed slave, ah I tremble 
 Lest I should descend into your heart I 
 Tremble, lest those tears and that blush 
 Should teach me the truth.) 
 
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AID A. 
 
 An)A. (No, for the afflicted country alone 
 
 The heart groans not ; 
 
 The tear which I shed 
 
 Is for an unhappy love.) 
 Radames, (regarding Amnebis.) (In her face 
 flashes 
 
 Anger and suspicion — 
 
 Woe if she reads 
 
 The hidden love in our hearts I) 
 (Enter the Kino, preceded by his guards, and fol- 
 lowed by Ramphis, his Ministers, Priests, 
 
 Captains, etc. An officer of the Palace^ and 
 
 afterwards a Messenger.) 
 The King. Great cause summons you, 
 
 faithful Egyptians, around your King. 
 
 From the confines of Ethiopia a Messenger 
 
 Just now arrived — grave news he brings. 
 
 Be pleased to hear him. 
 
 ( To an officer) Let the Messenger come forward I 
 Messenger. The sacred soil of Egypt is invaded 
 
 By the barbarous Ethiopians — Our fields 
 
 Are devastated — the crops burned — 
 
 And emboldened by the easy victory the depre- 
 dators 
 
 Already march on Thebes. 
 All. They dare so much I 
 Messenger. A warrior indomitable and fierce 
 
 Conducts them — Amonasro. 
 All. The King 1 
 Atda. (My father.') 
 
 Messenger. Already Thebes is in arms, and from 
 the hundred gates 
 
 Breaks forth upon the invading barbarian, 
 
 Carrying war and death. 
 The King. Yes, be war and death our cry. 
 All. War! Warl 
 The King. Tremendous, inexorable. 
 
 (addressing Radames) 
 
 Of our unconquered legions 
 
 Venerated Isis 
 
 Has already designated the supreme leader — 
 
 Radames. 
 All. Radames ! 
 Radames. Thanks be to the Gods I 
 
 My prayers are answered. 
 Amneris. (He leader I) 
 AiDA. (I tremble). 
 The King. Now move, warrior. 
 
 To the temple of Vulcan. — Gird thee 
 
 With the sacred arms and fly to victory. 
 
 Up 1 To the sacred bank of the Nile 
 
 Hasten, Egyptian heroes ; 
 
 From every heart let burst the cry, 
 
 War and death to the foreigner ! 
 Ramphis and Priests. Glory to tUe Gods 1 Re- 
 member all, 
 
 That they rule events-^ 
 
 That in the power of the gods alone 
 
 Lies the fate of warriors. 
 Ministers and Captains. Upl Of the Nile't 
 sacred shore 
 
 Be our breasts the barrier ; 
 
 Let but one cry resound: 
 
 War and death to the foreigner 1 
 Radames. Hol}'^ rage of glory 
 
 Fills all my soul — 
 
 Up 1 Let us rush to victory 
 
 War and death to the foreigner I 
 Amneris, (bringing a banner and consigning it to 
 Radames). From my hand receive, leader, 
 
 The glorious standard : 
 
 Be it thy guide, be it thy light 
 
 On the path of glory. 
 AiDA. (For whom do I weep ? For whom pray ? 
 
 What power binds me to him I 
 
 I must love him — And this man 
 
 Is an enemy — an alien !) 
 All. War 1 war ! extermination to the invader t 
 
 Go Radames, return conqu<',ror! 
 
 [Exeunt all but Aida. 
 Aida. Return victorious I — And from my lips 
 
 Went forth the impious word ! — Conqueror 
 
 Of my father — of him who takes arms 
 
 For me — to give to me again 
 
 A country, a kingdom! And the illustrious 
 name 
 
 Which here I am forced to conceal. Conqueror 
 
 Of my brothers, with whosj dear blood 
 
 I see him stained, triumph; nt in the applause 
 
 Of the Egyptian hosts — Ar.d behind his chariot 
 
 A King — my father — boun I with chains 1 
 
 The insane word forget, i^ods 1 
 
 Return the daughter to the bosom of her father 5 
 
 Destroy the squadrons of our oppressors! 
 
 Unhappy one I What did j say ? 
 
 And my love can I ever forget. 
 
 This fervid love which opp esses and enslaves, 
 
 As the sun's ray which noT<- blesses me ? 
 
 Shall I call death on Radames — 
 
 On him whom 1 love so much 1 
 
 Ah 1 Never on earth was htart torn 
 
 By more cruel agonies. 
 
 The sacred names of father, of lover, 
 
 I can neither utter, nor remember — 
 
 For the one — for the other — confused — trem- 
 
 I would weep — I would pray. [bling, 
 
 But my prayer changes to blasphemy — 
 
 My tears are a crime — my sighs a wrong — 
 
 In dense niglit the mind is lost — 
 
 And in the cruel anguish I would die. 
 
 gods, have pity on my siiflerings I 
 
 Hope I have not- for my grief — 
 
 A fatal love— dreadful love— 
 
 Divides my heart - makes me die 1 [^Ssit, 
 
AIDA. 
 
 SCENE SECOND. 
 
 Interior of the Temple of Vulcan at Memphis. 
 
 A mysterious light descends from above. A long row of columns, one behind another, is lost in the 
 darkness. Statues of various deities. In the middle of the scene, above a platform covered with 
 carpet, rises the altar, surmounted by sacred emblems. From golden tripods rises the smoke of in- 
 cense. Priests and Priestesses. Ramphis at the foot of the altar. Afterwards Radames. The 
 song of the Rriestesses accompanied by harps is heard from, the interior. 
 
 Infinite Phthah, 
 
 Priestesses, (in the interior.) 
 of the world 
 Animating spirit, 
 We invoke thee 1 
 Infinite Phthah, of the world 
 The fructifying spirit, 
 "We invoke thee ! 
 Fire uncreate, eternal. 
 Whence the sun has light, 
 We invoke thee I 
 
 Priests. Thou who from nothing hast made 
 The waters, the earth and the heavens, 
 We invoke thee ! 
 God, who of thy spirit 
 Art son and father, 
 We invoke thee 1 
 Life of the universe 
 Gift of eternal love 
 We invoke thee 1 
 
 (Radames enters unarmed. While he goes to the 
 altar the Priestesses execute the sacred dance. 
 On the head of Radames is placed a silver veil. 
 
 Ramphis. Mortal, beloved of the gods, to thee 
 Is confided the fate of Egypt — Let the holy 
 
 sword 
 Tempered by the gods, in thy hand become 
 To the enemy terror, a thunderbolt, death. 
 
 Turning himself to the god.) 
 God, guardian and avenger 
 Of this sacred land, 
 Spread thy hand 
 Over the Egyptian soil. 
 
 Radames. God, who art leader and arbiter 
 Of every human war 
 Protect thou and defend 
 The sacred soil of Egypt. 
 
 ( While Radames is being invested with the conse- 
 crated armor the Priests and Priestesses re- 
 sume the religious hymn and mystic dance. 
 
 END OF ACT FIRST. 
 
 A.CT SECOND. 
 
 SCENE FIEST. 
 
 A hall in the apartments of Amneris, 
 
 Amneris surrounded by female Slaves who are adorning her for the triumphant festival, 
 tripods arise aromatic perfumes. Moorish slave boys dance. 
 
 From 
 
 Slave Girls. Thou who amidst hymns and 
 
 Raisest thy flight in glory [plaudits 
 
 Terrible even as a god ! 
 
 Effulgent as the snn. 
 
 Come, on thy tresaes rain 
 
 Laurels and floweis interwoven ; 
 
 Let the songs of glory sound 
 
 With the songs of Love. 
 Amneris. (Come, my love, intoxicate me — 
 
 Make my heart blessed !) 
 f^LAVE Girls. Now where are the barbarian 
 
 Hordes of the foreigner? 
 
 Like a mist they scatter 
 
 At the breath of the warrior. 
 
 Com<; : gather the reward 
 
 Of glory, conqueror ; 
 
 Victory smiled upon thee— 
 
 Love shall smile ui)on thee. 
 
 Amneris. (Come my love, revive me 
 Again with thy dear voice 1 ) 
 Silence I Aida approaches us — ' 
 Daughter of the vanquished, her grief to me is 
 sacred. 
 {At a sign from Amneris all withdraw to a dis- 
 tance) 
 In seeing her again, the fearful doubt 
 Awakens itself within me — 
 Let the fatal mystery be at last rent. 
 {Enter Aida.) 
 Amneris, {to Aida with feigned affection) The 
 fate of arms was deadly to thy people 1 
 Poor Aida ! — the grief 
 
 Which weighs down thy heart I share with thee. 
 I am thy friend — 
 
 Thou shalt have all from me — thou shalt live 
 happy ! 
 
 l^ 
 
AiDA. Can I be liappy 
 
 Far from my native land — here where nnknown 
 
 To me is the fate of father and brothers ? 
 Amneris. Deeply do I pity thee 1 Nevertheless 
 
 The ills of this world have an end, Time will heal 
 
 The anguish of thy heart. 
 
 And more than time — a powerful god — love. 
 AiDA, {Much moved) (^Lovel love 1— joy — tor- 
 ture — 
 
 Sweet madness — cruel pang 1 
 
 In thy pains — I feel life — 
 
 One smile of thine — discloses heaven). 
 Amneris, {Looking fixedly at Aida.) (Ah that 
 pallor — that disorder 
 
 Reveal the mystery — fever of love. 
 
 To question her, I am almost afraid— 
 
 I share the anguish of her terror). 
 
 ( Fixing her eyes on Aida) 
 
 Well ! what new passion 
 
 Assails thee, gentle Aida ? 
 
 Thy secrets reveal to me, 
 
 Trust thee to my love — 
 
 Among the brave men who fought 
 
 To the injury of thy country 
 
 Some one — a gentle grief 
 
 Perhaps — has awakened in thy heart 7 
 Aida. Of what speakest thou ? 
 Amneris. To all 
 
 Fate does not show herself cruel— 
 
 If on the field the intrepid leader 
 
 Falls wounded to death. — 
 Aida. What saidst thou I ah misery I— . 
 Amneris. Yes — Radames by thy people 
 
 Was slain — And canst thou weep ? — 
 Aida. For ever I shall weep 1 
 Amneris. The gods have avenged thee — 
 Aida. The gods were ever adverse to me — 
 Amneris, (breaking forth with anger,) Ahl trem- 
 ble 1 I read thy heart— 
 
 Thou lovest him I 
 
 Aida. I ! 
 Amneris. Lie not I 
 
 Yet one word, and I shall know the truth! 
 
 Look me in the face — 
 
 I deceive thee — Radames lives I 
 Aida, (with exaltation falling on her knees.) He 
 
 lives I 
 Thanks be to the gods ! 
 ' Amneris. And hopest thou still to deceive me 1 
 
 Yes — thou lovest him — But I love him — 
 
 (with increasing fury.) 
 
 I also — comprehendest thou ? — I am thy rival — 
 
 A daughter of the Pharaohs — 
 Aida. (with pride, raising herself.) My rival 1 
 
 It may well be — Also I — 
 
 I am such — 
 
 (restraining herself.) 
 
 What am I saying ? — pity — pardon I 
 
 Take pity on my grief. 
 
 It is true. I love him with a great love 
 
 Thou art happy, thou art powerful, 
 
 I live only for his love. 
 Amneris. Tremble, vile slave I Let thy heart 
 break ! 
 
 This love may point thy death I 
 
 Of thy destiny I am the arbiter. 
 
 The demons of hatred and revenge I have in my 
 heart. (sounds within.) 
 
 Ah, the pomp which approaches ! 
 
 With me, O slave, thou shalt assist j 
 
 Thou prostrate in the dust, 
 
 I on the throne beside the King. 
 
 Come. Follow me. And thou shalt learu 
 
 If thou canst contend with me. 
 Aida. Ah 1 pity I What more remains to me ? 
 
 My life is a desert ; 
 
 Live and reign, thy rage 
 
 I will quickly appease. 
 
 This love which angers thee 
 
 In the tomb I will extinguish. 
 
 SCENE SECOND. 
 
 An entrance to the City of Thebes, 
 
 In front a group of palms. To the right the temple of Ammon, to the left a throne surmounted by a 
 purple canopy. At the hack a triumphal gate. The scene is crowded with people. 
 
 Enter the Kino followed by Ministers, Priests, Captains, fan-bearers, ensign-bearers, etc., etc. After' 
 wards AuT:iEB.i8, with AiifA, and slaveSc The King seats himself on the throne, Amneris jsZacea 
 herself to the left of the King. 
 
 People. Glory to Egj^pt, and to Isis 
 
 Who the sacred soil protects ; 
 
 To the king who i-ules the Delto, 
 
 Festal hyms let us raise ! 
 
 Come, O champion warrior, 
 
 Come to rejoice with us ; 
 
 In the path of the heroes 
 
 Laurels and flowers let us strew. 
 Women. Weave the lotus with the laurel 
 
 In the hair of the conqueroi. 
 Let us dance, daughters of Egypt, 
 The mystic dances, 
 As around the sun 
 Dance the stars of heaven 1 
 Priests. To the supreme arbiters of victory 
 Raise your eyes ; 
 Render thanks to the gods 
 For this happy day. 
 
AID A. 
 
 I 
 
 Thus for us with glory- 
 Ma ' the future be marked, 
 Kor may that fate seize us 
 That struck the barbarians. 
 
 (The Egyptian troops, preceded by trumpets, 
 defile before the Kino. The chariots of war fol- 
 low the ensigns, the sacred vases and the statues of 
 the gods — A troop of dancing girls who carry 
 the treasures of the defeated. And lastly, Rad- 
 AMES, under a canopy borne by twelve Officers. 
 
 The King, {who descends from the throne to em- 
 brace Radames.) Saviour of thy country I 
 
 salute thee, 
 Come, and let my daughter with her own hand 
 Place upon you the triumphal crown. 
 
 (Radames bowes before Amneris, who places the 
 crown upon him.) 
 
 The King, (to Radames.) Now ask of me 
 What thou most wishest. Nothing denied to 
 
 thee 
 On such a day shall be — I swear it 
 By my crown, by the sacred gods ! 
 
 Radames. Deign first to let the prisoners 
 Be drawn up before thee. 
 
 {Enter between guards the Ethiopian prisoners, 
 Amonasro last, dressed as an officer.) 
 
 AiDA. What do I see I He ? — ^my father I 
 
 A.LL. Her father ! 
 
 Amneris. In our power 1 
 
 AiDA. Thou prisoner ? 
 
 Amonasro, (softly to Aida.) Betray me not I 
 
 The King, (to Amonasro.) Draw thou near — 
 Then— thou art? — 
 
 Amonasro. Her father. — I also fought — 
 Was conquered, and death I sought in vain. 
 (Pointing to the uniform, in which he is dresssd) 
 This livery that I wear may tell you 
 That I have defended my king and my country. 
 Fate was hostile to our arms — 
 Vain was the courage of the brave — 
 At my feet in the dust extended 
 Lay the King, transfixed by many wounds ; 
 If the love of country is a crime 
 We are all criminals, all ready to die ! 
 
 ( Turning to the King, with a supplicating accent,) 
 But thou, King, thou puissant lord, 
 Be merciful to those men — 
 To-day we are stricken by fate, 
 To-morrow fate may smite you. 
 
 AiDA, Prisoners and Female Slaves. Yes : by 
 the gods we are stricken ; 
 Thy pity, thy mercy we implore ; 
 Ah I May you never have to suflfer 
 What is now given to us to suffer I 
 
 Ramphis, Priests. Destroy, King, these sav- 
 age hordes I 
 Close your heart to their perfidious voices I 
 By the gods they were doomed to death. 
 Let the will of the gods be accomplished I 
 
 People. Priests your anger soften. 
 The humble pra3'er of the conquered hear, 
 And thou O King, powerful and strong 
 Open thy thoughts to mercy. 
 
 Radames, (fixing his eyes on Aida.) The sorrow 
 which speaks in that face 
 
 Renders it more beautiful to my sight, 
 
 Every drop of the beloved tears 
 
 Reanimates love in my breast.) 
 Amneris. (What glances on her he turns 1 
 
 With what flame their faces flash! 
 
 To such a fate as this am I destined ? 
 
 Revenge groans in my heart.) 
 King. Now that events smile favorably upon us 
 
 To these people let us show ourselves merciful ; 
 
 Pity ascends grateful to the gods 
 
 And confirms the power of princes. 
 Radames, (to the King.) King! by the sacrecl 
 gods. 
 
 By the splendor of thy crown, 
 
 Thou sworest to fulfil thy vow — 
 The King. 1 swore. 
 
 Radames. Well: of thee for the Ethiopian 
 prisoners. 
 
 Life I demand and liberty. 
 Amneris. (For all ?) 
 
 Priests. Death to the enemies of the country I 
 People, Grace for the unhappy ! 
 Ramphis. Listen, O King! 
 
 ( To Radames > Even thou 
 
 Young hero, listen to wise counsel : 
 
 They are enemies, and they are warriors— 
 
 They have revenge in their hearts. 
 
 Emboldened by the pardon 
 
 They will run to arms again. 
 Radames. Amonasro the warrior King slain. 
 
 No hope remains to the vanquished. 
 Ramphis. At least 
 
 As an earnest of peace and security, among us 
 
 With her father let Aida remain — 
 
 Let the rest be free — 
 The King. To thy counsel I yield. 
 
 Of security and peace a better pledge 
 
 I will now give. — Radames, the country 
 
 Owes all to thee — The hand of Amneris 
 
 Be thy reward. Over Egypt some day 
 
 With her shalt thou reign. 
 Amneris. Now let the slave come [dares I 
 
 Let her come to take my love from me — if she 
 The King. Glory to Egypt, and to Isis 
 
 Who the sacred soil defends ! 
 
 Weave the lotus with the laurel 
 
 In the hair of the victors I 
 Priests. Hymns let us raise to Isis 
 
 Who the sacred soil defends ; 
 
 Let us pray that the fates may ever smile 
 
 Propitious on our country. 
 Aida. (What hope more remains to me ? 
 
 To him glory and the throne — 
 
 To me oblivion — the tears 
 
 Of hopeless love). 
 Prisoners. Glory to the merciful Egyptian 
 
 Who has unloosed our fetters. 
 
 Who restores to us the free 
 
 Paths of our native land 1 
 Radames. (The thunder of the adverse gods 
 
 On my head descends — 
 
AIDA. 
 
 Ah I no 1 the throne of Egypt 
 Is not worth the heart of Aida). 
 
 Amneris. (By the unexpected joy 
 I am intoxicated ; 
 All in one day are fulfilled 
 The dreams of my heart). 
 
 Amonasro, {to Aida). Take heart, for thy country 
 
 Expect happy events ; 
 
 For us the dawn of vengeance 
 
 Is already near. 
 People. Glory to Egypt and to Isis 
 
 Who the sacred soil defends 1 
 
 Weave the lotus with the laurel 
 
 In the hair of the victors 1 
 
 END OF ACT SECOND, 
 
 A.CT THIRD. 
 
 SCENE FIEST. 
 
 The banks of the Nile. 
 
 Rocks of granite, among which grow palm-trees. On the top of the rocks the Temple of Isis kalfc 
 cealed among the foliage. It is star-light and bright moonlight. 
 
 Choeus, (in the Temple.) thou, who art of 
 Osiris 
 
 Mother immortal and spouse, 
 
 Goddess who awakenest the beatings 
 
 In the hearts of human creatures. 
 
 Come, piteous, to our help, 
 
 Mother of eternal love 1 
 (From a boat which approaches the shore descends 
 
 Amneris, Ramphis and some women closely 
 
 veiled, and Guards.^ 
 Ramphis, (to Amneris.) Come to the temple of 
 Isis. On the eve 
 
 Of thy nuptials implore 
 
 The favor of the goddess. Isis rules 
 
 The heart of mortals — every mystery 
 
 Of mankind to her is known. 
 A.MNERIS. Yes: I will pray that Radames may 
 give me 
 
 His whole heart, as mine to him 
 
 Is consecrated forever. 
 Ramphis. Let us enter. 
 
 Thou shalt pray till dawn — I shall be with thee. 
 £All enter the temple. The chorus repeats the 
 
 sacred song."] 
 Aida, (enters cautiously, covered with a veil.) 
 
 — Here Radames will come. What would he say 
 to me? 
 
 I tremble — Ah ! If thou comest 
 
 To give me, O cruel one, the last farewell, 
 
 The deep water of the Nile 
 
 Shall give me a tomb — and peace perhaps — and 
 oblivion. 
 
 azure heavens 1 sweet breezes of my native 
 land 
 
 Where the serene morning beamed on me I 
 
 O green hills ! perfumed shores 1 
 
 O my country, shall I ever see thee more 1 
 
 O fresh valle^^s, blessed abode of peace 
 
 Which once was promised by love 1 
 
 Alas I the dream of love is banished — 
 
 my country, I shall never see thee again I 
 
 [Enter Amonasro.] 
 
 Aida. Heavens ! my father 1 
 
 Amonasro. Grave occasion 
 
 Leads me to thee Aida. Nothing escapes 
 
 My sight — thou art destroying thyself with lo\o 
 
 For Radames — he loves thee — and here thou 
 
 awaitest him. 
 The daughter of the Pharaohs is thy rival : 
 An infamous race, abhorred and fatal to us I 
 
 Aida. And I am in her power 1 — I, the daughter 
 Of Amonasro ! 
 
 Amonasro. In her power ! No ! If thou wishest, 
 This powerful rival thou shalt defeat. 
 And country, and throne, and love all shall be 
 
 thine ! 
 Thou shall see again the balmy forest. 
 The fresh valleys, our temi)les of gold I 
 
 Aida, (with transport). I shall see again the balmy 
 forests — 
 Our valleys — our temples of gold ! 
 
 Amonasro. Happy bride of him whom thou lovest 
 so much, , 
 
 Great rejoicings shall be thine I 
 
 Aida. One day only of such sweet enchantment. 
 One hour of such joy — and then to die ! 
 
 Amonasro. Nevertheless thou rememberest that 
 the merciless Egyptian 
 Profaned our houses, temples, and altars — 
 He drew in fetters the ravished virgins — 
 Mothers, old men and children he destroyed. 
 
 Aida. Ah ! well I remember those unhappy days : 
 
 1 remember the grief that my heart suflered. 
 Ah 1 return to us, gods, 
 
 The longed-for dawn of peaceful days. 
 Amonasro. Delay not. In arms now are aroused 
 Our people — Every thing is ready— 
 
AID A. 
 
 "Victory we shall have. It only remains for me 
 
 to know 
 What path the enemy will follow. 
 A-iDA. Who will be able to discover it f 
 A.M0NASR0. Thyselfl 
 A.IDA. I ! 
 
 A.M0NASR0. Radaraes will come here soon — ^He 
 loves thee — 
 He leads the Egyptians — Dost thou understand ? 
 AiDA. Horror ! 
 
 What dost thou counsel me ? No ! No I Never 1 
 iMONASRO, (with savage fury). Up, then I Rise 
 Egyptian legions 1 
 With fire destroy our cities — 
 Spread terror, carnage, and death ! 
 To your fury there is no longer check. 
 AiDA. Oh father 1 
 Amonasro, {repulsing her). My daughter 
 
 Dost thou call thyself? 
 A.IDA, {terrified and suppliant). Pityl 
 Amonasro. Rivers of blood pour 
 On the cities of the vanquished — 
 Seest thou ? From the black gulfs 
 The dead are raised — 
 To thee they point and cry : 
 For thee the coimtry dies. 
 .IDA. Pity! 
 
 vMONASRO. A horrible ghost 
 From among the shadows approaches us 1 
 Tremble I the fleshless arms 
 Over thy head are raised — 
 It is thy mother — recognise her — 
 She curses thee I 
 
 lIDA, (in the greatest terror.) Ah 1 no I Father. 
 -MONASRO, {repulsing her.) Go unworthy one I 
 
 thou art not my offspring, 
 Thou art the slave of the Pharaohs. 
 iiDA. Father, their slave I am not 1 
 Reproach me not — curse me not — 
 Thy daughter again thou canst call me— 
 Of my coimtry I will be worthy. 
 FAmonasro. Think that a people conquered, torn 
 to pieces, 
 Through thee alone can arise. 
 lIDA. my country, 
 O my country — 
 How much thou costest me ! 
 .monasro. Courage 1 becomes — ^here I shall hear 
 all— 
 
 ( Conceals himself among the palm trees.) 
 lEnier Radames.) 
 LADAMES. I see thee again, my sweet Aida — 
 .IDA. Stop ! begone— What hopest thou still ? 
 li ADAMES. Love guided me to thee. 
 lIDA. The rites of another love await thee — 
 Spouse of Amneris — 
 ADAMES. What sayost thou ? 
 Thee alone, Aida, must I love. 
 Hear me, gods ! — thou shalt be mine — 
 .TDA, Stain not tli3'self with perjury. 
 Valiant I loved thee, forsworn I should not love 
 
 thee. 
 .lDAMES. Doubtest chou my love, Aida? 
 
 Aida. And how 
 
 Hopest thou to free thyself from the love of 
 Amneris, 
 
 From the King's will, from the vows of thy people. 
 
 From the wrath of the priests ? 
 Radames. Hear me, Aida. 
 
 To the fierce pant of a new war 
 
 The land of Ethiopia has re-awakened, — 
 
 Thy people already invade our country, 
 
 I shall be leader of the Egyptians. 
 
 Amid the flame, the applause of victory 
 
 I prostrate myself before the King, I unveil to 
 him my heart — 
 
 Thou shalt be the reward of my glory 
 
 We shall live blessed by eternal love. 
 Aida. Nor fearest thou the vindictive fury of 
 Amneris ? 
 
 Her revenge 
 
 Like a dreadful thunderbolt 
 
 Will fall on me, on my father, on all. 
 Radames. I protect thee. 
 Aida. In vain ! thou couldst not — 
 
 Still — if thou Invest me — again a way 
 
 Of escape opens to us — 
 Radames. Which ? 
 Aida. To fly— 
 Radames. To fly ? 
 
 Aida, {with greater enthusiasm.) Let us fly from 
 the inhospitable hei.ts 
 
 Of these barren plains ; 
 
 A new country 
 
 To our love is disclosed — 
 
 There, among virgin forests, 
 
 Perfumed flowers. 
 
 In unknown ecstasy 
 
 We will forget the world. 
 Radames. To a foreign land 
 
 With thee must I fly ? 
 
 Abandon country. 
 
 The altars of our gods ? 
 
 The land where I gathered 
 
 The first laurels of glory, 
 
 The heaven of our love. 
 
 How can we forget it ? 
 Aida. Under the heaven of my land more freely 
 
 Shall love to us be granted ; 
 
 There in the same temple 
 
 The same gods we shall have. 
 Radames, (hesitating.) Aida! 
 Aida. Thou lovest me not — Go! 
 Radames. I love thee not ! 
 
 Never mortal nor god 
 
 Burnt with love so i)owerful as mine. 
 Aida. Go — go — Amneris awaits thee 
 
 At the altar — 
 Radames. No, ncAer ! 
 Aida. Never, saidst thou ? 
 
 Then falls the axe 
 
 On me, on my father — 
 Radames. Ah! no! let us fly I 
 
 (' With impassioned resolution.) 
 
 Yes : let us fly from these walls. 
 
 To the desert let us fly together j 
 
10 
 
 AID A. 
 
 Here misfortune reigns alone, 
 
 There opens to us a heaven of love. 
 
 The boundless deserts 
 
 Shall be our nuptial couch, 
 
 On us the stars will shine 
 
 With a more limpid eflfulgence. 
 AiDA. In the happy land 
 
 Of my fathers heaven awaits us; 
 
 There the air is perfumed, 
 
 There the ground is fragrant with flowers. 
 
 Fresh valleys and green fields 
 
 Shall be our nuptial couch. 
 
 On us the stars will shine 
 
 With more limpid effulgence. [ns fly 
 
 AiDA and Radames. Come with me — ^together let 
 
 This land of grief. 
 
 Come with me — I love thee, I love thee 1 
 
 Love shall be our leader. 
 
 ( They go rapidly aside.) 
 AiDA, (stopping suddenly). But tell me by what road 
 
 Shall we avoid the armed hosts ? 
 Radames. The path chosen by our troops 
 
 To fall on the enemy will be deserted 
 
 Until to morrow — 
 AiDA. And that path? 
 Radames. The pass 
 
 Of Napata. 
 
 (Enter Amonasro.) 
 
 Amonasro. The pass of Napata 1 
 
 There shall be my people — 
 Radames. Oh 1 who hears us 7 — 
 Amonasro. The father of Aida and King of the 
 Ethiopians. 
 
 Radames, (greatly agitated). Thou, Amonasro! 
 Thou the King 1 Gods I What said I ? 
 
 No I It is not true ! — I dream— this is delirium. 
 Aida. Ah no I calm thyself — listen to me — 
 
 Trust thyself in my love. 
 Amonasro. Aida's love shall raise thee 
 
 To a throne. 
 Radames. For thee to betray my country I 
 
 I am dishonored. 
 Amonasro. No : thou art not guilty- 
 It was the will of fate — 
 
 Come : beyond the Nile await us 
 
 The brave men devoted to us ; 
 
 There the vows of thy heart 
 
 Shall be crowned with love. 
 
 Enter Amneris, from the temple. Then Ramphis, 
 Priests, and guards. 
 
 Amneris. Traitor 1 
 Aida. My rival 1 — 
 Amonasro (rushing upon Amneris with a dagger.) 
 
 Comest thou to destroy my work ? 
 Diel— 
 Radames, (interposing himself.) Stop madman 1 — 
 Amonasro. Oh I fury! 
 Ramphis. Hither guards 1 
 Radames, (to Aida and Amonasro.) Haste I — 
 
 flyl— 
 Amonasro, (drawing Aida away.) Come, 
 
 daughter 1 
 Ramphis, (to the guards.) Follow them I 
 Radames, (to Ramphis.) Priest, I remain with 
 
 thee. 
 
 END OF ACT THIRD. 
 
 A.CT FOTJUTH. 
 
 SCENE FIKST. 
 
 Hall in the King^s Palace, 
 
 To the left a grand gate which opens on the subterranean hall of judgment. Passage to the left which 
 conducts to the prison of Radames. 
 
 Amneris, (in a sad attitude before the gate of the 
 hall.) My abhorred rival escapes me — 
 Radames awaits from the priests 
 The punishment of a traitor — Traitor 
 He is not — though he revealed 
 The high secret of war — he wished to fly- 
 To fly with her — traitors all 1 
 To death 1 To death 1 Oh 1 what did I say 1 I 
 
 love him — 
 I love him always — desperate, mad 
 Is this love which destroys my life. 
 Oh 1 if he could love me ! — 
 I would save him — And how ? 
 Let me try 1 — Guards ! Radames comes. 
 
 [Enter Radames guarded."] 
 Amneris. Already the priests assemble, 
 
 Arbiters of thy fate ; 
 
 Of the horrible crime however 
 
 Still it is given thee to exculpate thyselt 
 
 Exculpate thyself, and grace for thee 
 
 I will beg from the throne ; 
 
 And a messenger of pardon, 
 
 Of life, to thee I will be. 
 Radames. Of my exculpation the Judges 
 
 Will never hear the sound. 
 
 Before gods and men 
 
 Neither vile nor guilty do I feeL 
 
 My incautious lips 
 
r 
 
 AIDA. 
 
 11 
 
 trttered the fatal secret, it is true, 
 
 But pure my thought 
 
 And my honor remained. 
 Amneris. Then save and exculpate thyself. 
 IIadames. No. 
 Amneris. Thou wilt die. — 
 IIadames. Life I abhor: the font 
 
 Of every joy dried up, 
 
 Every hope vanished, 
 
 I wish only to die. 
 Amneris. To die ! Ah ! thou shouldst live! 
 
 Yes, for my love thou shalt live ; 
 
 For thee I have undergone 
 
 The dreadful anguish of death. 
 
 I love thee — I suffer so much — 
 
 I watch through the nights in teara— 
 
 Country ana throne and life, 
 
 All I would give for thee. 
 Radames. For her I have betrayed 
 
 My country and my honor. 
 Amneris. Of her no more — 
 Radames. Infamy waits me, and thou wishest 
 that I live ?— 
 
 Utterly wretched thou makest me ; 
 
 Aida thou hast taken from me, 
 
 Killed her perhaps — And for gift 
 
 Thou offerest life to me ? 
 Amneris. I — the cause of her death! 
 
 No ! — Aida lives — 
 Radames. Lives ! 
 Amneris. In the desperate struggle 
 
 Of the fugitive hordes 
 
 Fell her father alone — 
 ^kADAMES. And she? — 
 .'. MNERis. She disappeared, nor more news 
 
 Have we. 
 Radames. May the gods lead her 
 
 Safe to her native walls, 
 
 And let her not know the unhappy fate 
 
 Of him who will die for her. 
 Amneris. Now, if I save thee, swear to me 
 
 That thou wilt not see her more — 
 Radames. I cannot do it ! 
 \ MNERIS. Renounce her 
 
 For ever — and thou shalt live— 
 T ADAMES. I cannot do it 1 
 A MNERIS. Yet once more : 
 
 Renounce her — 
 ilADAMES. It is vain — 
 A MNERIS. Wouldst thou die, then, madman f 
 r.ADAMES. I am ready to die. 
 i MERis. Who shall save thee, wretch, 
 
 From the fate that awaits thee ? 
 
 To fury hast thou changed 
 
 A love which had no equal. 
 
 Revenge for my tears 
 
 Heaven will now consummate. 
 Radames. Death is a supreme blessing, 
 
 If for her it is given me to die ; 
 
 In undergoing the last extremity. 
 
 My heart will feel great joy. 
 
 Human anger I fear no more, 
 I fear only thy pity. 
 
 [^Exit Radames surrounded by guards 
 Amneris, (falling desolate on a seat). Ah me I I 
 feel myself dying — Oh 1 who will save him ? 
 
 And in their power 
 
 I myself threw him — Now I curse thee 
 
 Atrocious jealousy, that didst cause his death 
 
 And the eternal grief of my heart ! 
 ( Turns and sees the Priests who cross the stage 
 
 to enter the subterranean hall.) 
 
 What do I see ! Behold the fatal, 
 
 The merciless ministers of death — 
 
 Oh I that I might not see those white ghosts ! 
 
 (Covers her face with her hands.) 
 Priests, (in the subterranean hall). Spirit of th» 
 gods descend upon us ! 
 
 Awaken us to the ray of thy eternal light : 
 
 By our lips make thy justice known. 
 Amneris. Gods, pity my torn heart — 
 
 He is innocent, save him, gods ! 
 
 Desperate, tremendous is my sorrow 1 
 (Radames, between guards, crosses the stage and 
 
 descends to the subterranean hall. Amneris on 
 
 seeing him utters a cry). 
 Ramphis, (in the subterranean hall). Radames, 
 Radames ; thou didst reveal 
 
 The country's secrets to the foreigner. 
 Priests. Defend thyself 1 
 Ramphis. He is silent. 
 All. Traitor 1 
 Ramphis. Radames, Radames : thou didst desert 
 
 From the camp the day preceding the battle. 
 Priests. Defend thyself I 
 Ramphis. He is silent. 
 
 All. Traitor ! [thy faith, 
 
 Ramphis. Radames, Radames : thou hast broken 
 
 Forsworn thy country, King, and honor. 
 Priests. Defend thyself I 
 Ramphis. He is silent. 
 All. Traitor I 
 
 Radames, thy fate is decided ; 
 
 Thou shalt die the death of the infamous t 
 
 Under the altar of the angered god, 
 
 To thee alive be opened the tomb. 
 Amneris. To him alive — the tomb — oh, the infa- 
 
 Never satisfied with blood — [mous wretches I 
 
 And they call themselves ministers of heaven ! 
 (^Attacking the Priests, who issue from the subter- 
 ranean hall.) 
 
 Priests, you have done a wicked deed ; 
 
 Infamous tigers, thirsting for blood. 
 
 You outrage earth and gods — 
 
 You punish him who has done no wrong. 
 Priests. He is a traitor ! he shall die. 
 Amneris, (to Ramphis.) Priest : this man whom 
 thou slayest. 
 
 Thou knowcst it — was loved by me — 
 
 The curse of a broken heart 
 
 With his blood will recoil on thee ! 
 Priests. He is a traitor ! he shall die. 
 
 ( They withdraw slowly.) 
 Amneris. Impious band 1 anathema I On you 
 
 The vengence of heaven will fall ! 
 
 [^Bxit in despair 
 
12 
 
 AID A. 
 
 SCENE SECOND. 
 
 The scene is divided into two floors. 
 
 The upper jioor represents the interior of the temple of Vulcan resplendent with light and gold ; the 
 lower floor a subterranean hall. Long rows of arcades which are lost in the darkness. Colossal 
 gtat'ues of Osiris with the hands crossed sustain the pilasters of the vault. Radames is in the subter- 
 ranean hall on the steps of the staircase by which he has descended — Aboue^ two Priests, engaged in 
 closing the stone over the subterranean entrance. 
 
 Radames. The fatal stone is closed above me — 
 
 Behold my tomb — The light of day 
 
 I shall see no more — I shall no more see Aida. 
 
 — Aida where art thou ? May thou at least 
 
 Live happy, and my dreadful fate 
 
 Never Imow I What a groan I A Ghost — 
 
 A vision — No 1 It is a human shape — 
 
 Heavens 1 Aida ! 
 Aida. It is I — 
 Radames. Thou — ^in this tomb ? 
 Aida. My heart prophetic of thy sentence, 
 
 Into this tomb which opened itself for thee 
 
 I furtive made my way — 
 
 And here, afar from ever human glance 
 
 In thy arms I wish to die. 
 RjLSAMES. To die 1 So pure and beautiful 1 
 
 To die for love of me — 
 
 In the flower of thy youth, 
 
 To fly from life ! 
 
 Heaven created thee for love 
 
 And I kill thee by having loved thee 1 
 
 No ! thou shalt not die 1 
 
 Too much I loved thee ! — 
 
 Too beautiful art thou. 
 Aida, (raving.) Seest thou ? the angel of death 
 
 Radiant to us approaches — 
 
 He takes us to eternal joys 
 
 Under his golden pinions. 
 
 Abo¥e us heaven has already opened ; 
 
 There every grief ceases- 
 There begins the ecstacy 
 Of an immortal love. 
 
 SONaS AND DANCES OP THE PbIESTESSES IN THE 
 TEMPLE. 
 
 Aida. Sad song ! — 
 Radames. The jubilee of the Priests — 
 Aida. 'Tis our hymn of death 1 
 Radames, (trying to move the Mone of the vault.) 
 My strong arms 
 
 Cannot move thee, fatal stone 1 
 Aida. It is vain — all is over 
 
 For us on earth. 
 Radames, (with despairing resignation.) It is 
 true 1 It is true 1 
 
 ( Goes to Aida and supports her.) 
 
 Aida and Radames. earth farewell, farewell, 
 vale of tears — 
 Dream of joy which vanislied in grief — 
 Heaven opens itself to us and our wandering 
 
 souls 
 Fly to the rays of eternal day. 
 (Aida falls gently into the arms of Radames.) 
 Amneeis, (in mourning robes^ appearing in the 
 temple and prostrating herself on the stone 
 which closes the vault.) 
 Peace I pray for thee, adored corpse ; 
 Isis appeased, may she unclose heaven to thee I 
 
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 LUCIA DI LAMMEBMOOE. Donizetti 
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 Come Loved One, Smile. 
 
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 NOEMA. BelUni. 
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