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IV O R M A 
 
 XKT T "W^ O -A-OTiS. 
 
 IHE MUSIC BYiBELLINI 
 
 AB REPRESENTED AT TUB 
 
 HOYAl. ITALIAN OPERA, LONDON. AND THE ACADE\?\ 
 OF MUSIC. NEW-YOKK. 
 
 }mw YORK: 
 t^UBLlSHEi) AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIO. 
 
A RG U M ENT. 
 
 Thk Remans, having cffootod the sulijugation of Gaul, conmiitted the government of the conquered 
 pruviiK-o to Pollio, a Proconsul, who became enamoured of Nornia, daughter of the Arch-Druid 
 (Druidism being at that time the religion of the country), and who, bcBides the respect awarded her 
 from till' ix'nsideration of her birth and connections, was regarded by the superstitious multitude as 
 the unerring oracle through whom their grand deity, Irminsul, condescended to convey to his faithful 
 votaries his divine decrees. Norma having been secretly united to Pollio, the Roman Governor, has 
 become the mother of two children, Mhom she keeps secret from all, excepting Clotilda. Pollio after- 
 wards deserts Norma, and transfers his affections to Adalgisa, a young priestess of the Temple of 
 Irminsul, who permits a similar passion to kindle in hi.>r bosom for the faithless Roman, who, after 
 much persuasion, succeeds in gaining her consent to abandon the Temple, and fly with him to Rome. 
 Remorse, however, soon takes possession of her breast, .and, in her agony, she resolves to reveal all to 
 Norma, who is already lalx)uring under the influence of slighted love. Pollio makes his appearance at 
 the instant that AdiUgisa is relating her story to Norma, whose anger is transformed into the wildest 
 fury, on being informed by Adalgii-a that he is the cornipter of her youthful heart, and she bitterly 
 reproaches Pollio for his infidelity and baseness. 
 
 The Second Act commences by introducing Norma, vdth her children, the former still under the 
 influence of rage, and bent on their destruction, which she is on the point of accomplishing, when the 
 full tide of maternal leciing nishes into her heart, and arrests her uplifted arm. She next resolves to 
 destroy herself, and, as a preliminary step, requests Adalgisa to take charge of her children, who, 
 moved by her distress, endeavours to allay her perturbation, and promises to persuade Pollio to retura 
 to her. In anticipation of her success, Nonna becomes more tranquillised, and indulges hopes of 
 bri^'hter days. The illusion is of short duration, Clotilda soon after informs her that Adalgisa has 
 been unsuccessful, and that the Roman persists in his detei'mination to possess her. IntelUgence soon 
 alter arrives that a Roman has been discovered in a certain part of the Temple, exclusively 
 appropriated to the use of the Tirgins, who, on being introduced, proves to be Pollio. Another scene 
 of recrimination ensues between him and Norma, in which she threatens the life of Adalgisa. Pollio 
 pleads for her, but thg other is inexorable, and orders the pile to be prepared, and, on the name of the 
 victim being demanded, she publicly announces herself. All present are sti-u.ck with horror and 
 amazement, anxious to know the nature of her crime ; this she reveals to her father, by informing him 
 that she is a mother ! P(jllio's first passion rekindles in his breast at this her devotion, and he gladly 
 ascends the pile with her, after she has recommended her children and Clotilda to the care of her 
 father. 
 
 J) R A M AT I S PE RSON .E. 
 
 POLLIO, a Roman Proconsul. 
 FLAVIO, his Friend. 
 OROYESO, Arch-Druid. 
 NORMA, a Druidess, Daughter of Oroveso. 
 ADALGISA, a young Priestess of the Temple of Irminsid. 
 CLOTILDA, Confidante of Norma. 
 The two Children of Pollio ct- Xonna, Druids, Bard-^, Euhagi, Priestesses, Warriors, a.ul Gallic Soldiert, 
 
 The Scene is laid hi Gaul, in the Sacred Forest of the Druids, and in the Temple of Irminsul. 
 
 ~^/A i~Th 
 
i'2'SO 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 ATTO I. 
 
 SCENA I. — Faresta Sacra de' Druidi. — In mezzo, la 
 Querela d' Irminsul ; ul pie della quale vedesi la 
 Pietra Druidica, che serve d' Altare. — Colli in dis- 
 tanza sparsi di Selve. — E notte : Icntani fuochi 
 irapelnno dai boschi. 
 
 Al sunno di Marcia Religiosa dlfilano le schiere 6l£ 
 Gain ; indi, la Proccssiane de' Di-uidi ; per ultimo 
 Oroveso, coi Maggiori Sacerdoti. 
 
 Oro. Ite sill colle, o Druidi ! 
 
 Ite a spiar ne' Cieli ; 
 
 Quando LI suo disco argex-teo 
 
 La nuova lima sveh, 
 
 Ed il priiuier sorriso 
 
 Del verginal suo Wso. 
 
 Tre volte annunzi il misticc 
 
 Bronzo sacerdotal. 
 Dm. II sacro viscliio a mietere, 
 
 Norma vcrrix ? 
 Oro. Si, Norma. 
 
 ACT I. 
 
 SCENE I.— Sacred Forest of the Dniids.~In t}te 
 centre, the Oak of Irminsul ; at the foot of which is 
 seen a Druidical Stone, serving as an Altar. — Ililla 
 in the distance, partially covered with trees. — It is 
 night : lights are seen among the trees at the back. 
 
 A Religious March is heard. — Enter the Gallic Army, 
 followed by a Procession of Druids; and, lastly, the 
 Chief Priests, headed by Oroveso. 
 
 Oro. On to the hills, oh holy band of Dmids ! 
 
 On, as your duty is, and watch the Heavens ; 
 And when you see on high her silvery disk 
 The new moon (omen of success) unveils. 
 At the first radiant smUethat beams from forth 
 Her virgin face, charming the sea and shore. 
 Thrice the glad tidiilgs, spreading all ai'ound, 
 Announce upon the sacerdotal bronze. 
 
 Dru. Will, then, to exit the sacred mistletoe. 
 The mighty Norma come ? 
 
 Oro. Yes, Norma will. 
 
 DEir AURA PROFETICA— on: WITH THY PROPHETIC POWER. Chorus. Oroveso mid 
 
 Druids. 
 Druids. Andnnte Mosso 
 
 femi!iiiip^iifiiiiif"^-^Hi|^ 
 
 DelV au-ra tua pro-fe - ti - ca, Ter -ri-bil DioVin -for ■ -ma; Sensi Olr-min-sul, lein- 
 II' Oh! with thy pro-phe - tic pow'r, Fire her heart, a- veng- ing fate; Dread Ir-mtn-sul, 'tis 
 
 i^mm^^^Min^:^m^mim',m'^ 
 
 spi - - ra, D'o - dio ai Ro-ma -ni e d'i - • ra ; Sen - si che questa in - fran - ga - no, 
 now the hour, In - spire to Rome e • - ter - nal hate ; Let re - so - la - tion be her dow'r. 
 
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 Oroveso. 
 
 tM^^^^W^^^^^^- ^ ^^^^"^^ ^^^^ ^ 
 
 Pa - ce per noi mor - tal. Si, par - le ■ ra ter . ri - bi • le. Da ques - te quer - cc 
 
 Of dead-ly peace to spm-n the weight. Yes, great God, in an - ger speak. From these thy aii-eient 
 
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NORMA. 
 
 p^=Qm^^^=i^^mMm'mk^=QmB.m 
 
 an - ti - che : Sg<rm-bre fa - ret le Oal - - - Uc DalV a - qui 
 oaks re - ply : And free this land, thy ven-geancewru.ik, Till far tlie 
 
 ne • mi ' - che. 
 - man ea - gles fly. 
 
 i 
 
 g— • •-! — • • ■*— t-i»-r-r-» ■— ; 
 
 E 
 
 Yes, 
 
 del 
 let. 
 
 mo scti - do il 
 the sound of 
 
 ano - - no, 
 thy drejid shield, 
 
 Pa - riulfi-a - gov 
 Like the roar 
 
 del tuo - no, 
 of thunder heard. 
 
 iOhoveso and CiioRUa. 
 
 p^^^piiiii^^Mi 
 
 
 Xd ■ la 
 Through the 
 
 cit ' ta 
 Ce - sa 
 
 cfci 
 rian 
 
 - ri, 
 peal'd, 
 
 Tre 
 Re 
 
 men -do ec - cheg 
 ■ e - cho, Vic-to 
 
 ry the woi*d ! 
 
 Tutu. 
 
 Luna, ti affretta a sorgere ! 
 Xornia all' tUtar verra. 
 
 \^Si allontanano tidti e si sperdono nella Fore^ta : 
 di quando in qnondo si" odon9 ancora le loro 
 voci risuonare in lontananza. 
 
 SCENA IL— PoLLiONE e Flavio. 
 
 Bbrono qn'ndl da tin laio Flavio e Pollione gr(ar- 
 dinghi e rawolti nelle lor toghe. 
 
 Pol. Svanir le voci. — Dell' orrenda selva 
 
 Libero e il vai'co. 
 Fla. In questa selva e morte. 
 
 Norma tel disse. 
 Pol. ProfFeristi un nome 
 
 Che il cor m' agghiaccia. 
 Fla. O ! che di tu ? — 1' amante — 
 
 La niadre de' tuoi figli I 
 Pol. A me non puoi 
 
 Far tu rampogna, ch' io mcrtar son senta ; 
 
 Ma nel mio cure e spenta 
 
 La prima fianima. E im Dio la spense un Dio, 
 
 Nemico al mio riposo. A' pie mi veggo 
 
 L' abisso aperto, e in lui m awento io stesso. 
 Fla. Altra ameresti tu ? 
 Pol. Parla sonimesso ! 
 
 Un' altra! — si. Adalc,'isa! 
 
 Tu la vedrai, fior d' innocenza e riso 
 
 Di candoi'e e di amor ! Ministra al tempio 
 
 Di questo Iddio di .sangue. clla vi appare 
 
 Come raggio di stella in Cicl turbato. 
 Fla. Misero amico ! e amato 
 
 Sei tu del pari ? 
 Pol. Io n' ho fiducia. 
 
 Fla. E 1' ira 
 
 Non tend tu di Norma ? 
 'Pol. Atroce, orrenda ; — 
 
 Me la presenta il mio rimorso estrcmo. 
 
 Un sogno 
 
 Fla. Ah! nan-a. 
 
 P«i. In rammentarlo io tremo ! 
 
 !Moco air altar di Venere, 
 Era Adalgisa in Roma: 
 Cinta di Ix-nde candide, — 
 Spaiea cU fior iu eliioma. 
 
 All. Sweet moon, oh, hasten thy propitious rise ! 
 Norma will come — she avUI bless our wishes. 
 [The whole disperse, and disappear in the Forest 
 at ihe hack : from time to time their voices 
 are lieard in the distance. 
 
 SCENE IL— PoLLio and Flavio. 
 
 Flavio and Pollio enter cautiously, enveloped in 
 . their togas. 
 
 Pol. All 18 hnsh'd and still. — In this dread wood 
 
 Our coursci is free. 
 Fla. We seek death in this forest 
 
 So Norma wam'd us. 
 Pol. Thou'st pronounced a name 
 
 Tliat thriUs my heart. 
 Fla. Heavens I what say'st thoii .^ — thylov'd one — 
 
 The mother of thy children ! 
 Pol. No reproach 
 
 Can fall from thee that IVe not desorv'd ; 
 
 But in my hapless bosom burns no longer 
 
 My heart's first flame. A God so wills — a God, 
 
 Foe to my peace, has wi-ought this falsehood'. 
 
 I see the abyss before mo. nor woiUd shun it 
 Fla. What ! dost thou love another ? 
 Pol. Hush I spea^.: softly ! 
 
 Another ! — yes. the enchanting Ad.ilgisa ! 
 
 Thou shalt see this flower of youth and beauty, 
 
 Innocence and love ! A priestess iu the temple 
 
 Of these Gauls' blood-r,tain"d God, she beams 
 
 Likeabright star thatchem-s the gloomynight. 
 Fla. My ill-fated friend ! and is thy hapless love 
 
 Returned ? 
 Pol. I trust so. 
 
 Fla. But the jealous wrath, 
 
 Dost thou not dread, of Norma ? 
 Pol. Yes, o'erpowering ; — 
 
 My deep remorse but too well pictures it. 
 
 A dream 
 
 Fla. Ah ! speak. 
 
 Pol. Its memory shakes my soul ! 
 
 With me to Venus kneeling. 
 In Rome, was Adalgisa : 
 
 White rcibes her truth revealing, — 
 Pare nowers hev hair's sole treasure. 
 
NO] 
 
 Udia d' Imene i cantici, 
 Yedea fumar gl" incensi ; 
 Eran rapiti i sensi — 
 Di voluttade e amor. 
 Quando fra noi teiribile, 
 Yiene a locarsi un' ombra, 
 L' ampio mantel Druidico 
 Come un vapor 1' ingombra 
 Cade su V ara U folgore, 
 D' un vel si copre il giorno. 
 Muto si spande intorno — 
 Un sepolcrale orror. 
 
 Piu r adoi-ata vergine 
 lo non mi trovo accanto 
 N' odo da lunge.iiu gemito, 
 Misto de' figli al piauto, — 
 Ed una voce orribde, 
 Echeggia in fondo al teuipio j 
 ' Norma cosi fa scempiu 
 Di amante traditor I " 
 
 [Squilla il Sacro Bronzo. 
 Odi ? — I suoi riti a compiere, 
 Norma dal tempio move. 
 Voci [Lontano.'] 
 
 Sorta e la luna, o Druidi ! 
 Ite, profani, altrove. 
 Yieni ! — Fiiggiam I sorprendere, 
 Scoprire alcun ti puo. 
 Traman congiure i barbari I 
 Ma io li proverro. 
 
 Fix. 
 
 Fla. 
 Pol. 
 
 The hyuina of Hjnien hearing, 
 
 We saw the incense burning; 
 Rapture both hearts endearing — 
 
 Thus love with love returning. 
 When straight, while thus devoted. 
 
 Between us rose a shadow, 
 In Druid robes, that floiited 
 
 Like mists o'er morning meadow. 
 A thunderbolt the altar 
 
 Struck — day became o'erclouded. 
 With fearful doubt 1 falter— 
 
 Sepxilchral awe enshrouded. 
 My bride, sweet maiden I vaiiish'd, 
 
 •I heard, with senses failing, 
 A gi-oan, all hope that banish'd, 
 
 Mix'd with my children's wailing, — 
 A voice, my bliss that changes. 
 
 The temple's depths rolls over : 
 ' Thus Norma well revenges 
 
 The treachery of her lover !' 
 
 [The Sacred Bronze is heard sounding. 
 Fla. Hear'st thou that ? — Her rites to perform, 
 
 The Norma thou'st forsuken comes. 
 Voices. [Heard in the distance.] 
 
 The moon appears, oh Druids ! 
 Hence, profane ones, from these scenes. 
 Fla. They come ! — Fly ! or we may be sarpris'd, 
 
 Discover'd ; let us, then. away. 
 Pol. Barljarians ! they conspire to entrap us, 
 But their machinations I will defeat. 
 
 ME PBOTEGGE—IjOTE WILL SHIELD. Solo. Pollione. 
 
 Andante, mf |i^^^ 
 
 t-f; 
 
 di 
 
 Me pro - teg - ge I me di - fen - de Un po - ter mag - gior di lo - - 
 
 Love will shield, wiU pro - tect I yes, a pow'r, Great - er far than they boast, will de 
 
 ro: Eil pen ■ sier di lei die a • do - ro. El'a ■ mor, e Va-nior clitr^m'in-Jiam' 
 
 fend : The bi-iglit thought of my fair, in this hour. With love's flame»will pro - tect, vni] be- 
 
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 g|^i|=j=J^iifi^^Hp] 
 
 mo: 
 friend ! 
 
 Di quel Dio che a vie con ten - 
 Of the God who'd ri - val turn — 
 
 r^ 
 
 de — Quel - la ver - gi-ne ce - _ 
 Turn with me for the mai-den di- 
 
 &'=MMM^ifmmwMmm^^^i'm^=M 
 
 le rie fo 
 
 wood's haunts un 
 
 res - te, L'em-pio al - ta - re, Vem-pio nl- 
 ho - ly I'll burn, And lay 'ow in the. 
 
 ^^^limii^iE^^i^ias^iiiifii^^^i 
 
 ta - re abbat-te - ro ! L'empio al - ta - re ab - bat - te - ro, Vempio al - ta-re ab -bat- e - ro 1 
 dusthia foul shrine! I'U burn, and lay low in the dust, in the dust, his fou. shrine! 
 
 [Partono raindamente.] 
 
 [Exeunt, hastily. 
 
NORMA. 
 
 SCENA m. — Dnddi dal fondo, Sacerdotessc. Guer- 
 rieri, Bardi, Eubagi, Sacrificatari. — E in mezzo, a 
 tutti, Oeovkso. 
 
 SCENE in. — Enter, from the hack, Druids, Priest- 
 esseit. Soldiers, Bards, Saci-ificers, <£c. — In the centre, 
 at tlieir head, Oboveso. 
 
 r NORi. 
 
 Uassi. 
 
 NORMA VIENE—SEK NORMA COMES. Chorus. 
 
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 her calm 
 
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 chio - ma 
 brow wears 
 
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 wi-eath. 
 
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 mi - ste • - - ri sa 
 vainform'd, with myst ■ 'ry 
 
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 crown'd ; 
 
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 man eo ■ me Lu • na fal • ca - ta, 
 right hand, like Lu - na, bears 
 
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 rea fal - ce 
 
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 kle, spread-iiig splen-dour 
 
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 El - la vie - ne!e la stel - la di Ro - ma, 
 Lo !. she comes, and Rome's bright star de - clines, 
 
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 Fades ob - scure-ly 
 
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 CO - pre d'un ve - lo. 
 dark - ness and night. 
 
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 Ir • min 
 Ir - min 
 
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 • s^d cor-rei cam - - pi del Cie - lo, 
 
 - sill in the vault -ed sky now shines, 
 
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 souls to af-fricflit, men's souls to af-fifi^ht; Hor -ror! hor - ror! a co - met, men' 
 
 
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 SOENA IV. — Norma in mezzo alle sue Mlnistre : 
 ha sciolti i capegli — la fronte circondata di una 
 corona di verbena — ed armata la mano di una falce 
 d' oro. — Si colloca sulla Platra Druidica. e volge 
 (jli occhi d' intorno come inspirata. — Tutti fanno 
 silenzio. 
 
 Nor. Sediziose voci : 
 
 Yoci di gaerra arv'i chi alzar si attenta ? 
 Presso all' ara del Dio ? v' ha chi presume 
 Dettar responsi alia vegente Norma ? 
 E di Roma affrettar il fato arcano — 
 Ei non dipende da poter umano. 
 E fino a quando oppressi 
 Ne vorrai tu ? Contaminate assai 
 Non fiir le patrie selve e i templi aviti 
 DaU' aquile latine. Omai di Brenno ! 
 Oziosa non puo starsi la spada ? 
 Si brandisca una volta ! 
 
 E infranta cada ! 
 Infranta, si ! se alcun di voi snudarla 
 Anzi tempo pretende : ancor non sono 
 Delia nostra vendetta i di maturi — 
 Delia Sicambre scuri 
 Sono i pili Romani ancor piu forti. 
 Tutti. E che ti annunzia il Dio ? Parla, quai soi'ti ! 
 Nor. lo nei volumi arcani 
 
 Leggo del Cielo, in pagine di morte 
 Delle siipei'ba. Roma e scritto il nome : 
 EUa un gi )rna niorra— ma non per voi ! 
 Morra pei vizi suoi. 
 
 Oro. 
 
 Tutti 
 Nor. 
 
 SCENE IV. — Enter Nqema, in the midst ofattcndnnt 
 Priestesses : her hair streaming wildly over her 
 shoulders — her forehead bound by a wreath of the 
 mystic vervain — in her hand a golden sicMe. — She 
 ascends with a solemn air the Dniidical Stone, and 
 glances around, as one inspired with prophetic power. 
 — All maintain a deep silence. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. 
 
 All. 
 Nor. 
 
 All. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 I hear seditious shouts, and cries for war: 
 
 Why rise they at the altar of our Deity ! 
 Who at this altar dares presume to dictate 
 Dread fate's responses to all-seeing Norma ? 
 Untimely speeding Rome's apf)ointed doom — 
 Her fate depends not upon human agency. 
 When will the burdens that oppress us end ? 
 Devour'd, contaminated, we enough have seen 
 Our country's sacred woods and temples 
 By Rome's fierce eagles. Sword of Brennus t 
 Shalt thou ing'oriously and idly rest! 
 It must again be drawn ! 
 
 Drawn to be broken ! 
 Yes. broken ! should there any here presume 
 To draw it forth ere fate's appointed hour : 
 The day of retribution yet is distant — 
 The dreaded battle-axe of the Sicambri has no \ 
 Yet strength to turn the Roman javelins. 
 What does our Deity reveal of fate ." — speak! 
 In the dread pages of the mystic volumes, 
 In death -fi-aught characters inscribed, 
 The name of proud imperial Rome I read, 
 She'U one day fall — ^but 'twiU not be by you I 
 Through her own vices 'tis that she wUl perish,, 
 
NOEMa. 
 
 Qual oonsimta morra ! L' ora aspettatij- 
 Ij' ora fatal che cuuipia il gran docreto. 
 Pace, y' intiiuo ! o il saoro vischio io niieto. 
 
 ^Falchia il Vuichio, le Saccrdotesse lo raccolgono 
 in canestri di viviini. — Norma si avanza, 
 etcnde Ic braceia al Cielo. — La Luna 
 gplende in tutia la sua luce. — Ihitti si pros- 
 trano. 
 
 Consumed to dust ! The hour, then, wait — 
 The fated hour this great dceree foretells. 
 Peace, all ! I go the sacred boughs to gather. 
 [Noi-vtia cuts the sacred branches of the Mistletoe, 
 which the Priestesses receive and deposit in 
 their consecrated baskets. — She then advances, 
 npraising her arms on high. — At ihismotneni 
 the Moon breaks fyrth in full efjulgciice.— 
 All kneel reverentially. 
 
 Andant«. 
 
 CASTA Diy:4-STAINLESS GODDESS. Aik. Norma. 
 
 eta Di 
 less God 
 
 va, 
 dess, 
 
 ca - sta Di - va, 
 stain - less God-dess, 
 
 die in ■ air- 
 whose brilliance 
 
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 gen - - 
 Deam - 
 
 ti 
 
 Que 
 O'er 
 
 ste sa 
 these an 
 
 ere- que - ste sa - ere, que - ste 
 cient, o'er these aa - cient trees, these 
 
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 sa -ere an - ti - che pi - ante, 
 an - cient trees, is stream - ing, 
 
 A noi 
 Oh, on 
 
 
 vol 
 
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 il bel sem- 
 
 with fa - vour 
 
 ^ .^rv .^r^ .^ 
 
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 bian • te ; 
 gleam - ing; 
 
 A noi vol-gi, a noi vol-giil bel sem - bian 
 Oh, on us, oh, on us with fa - voui* gleam 
 
 ^^?^?^^^Vi-: 
 
 
 te, il bel sem -bian • te Sen - za nu - be e sen - za vel ! 
 ing. Free from clouds, pro - pi - tious, pro - pi - tious shine ! 
 
 Tutti. 
 
 Tidti 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Tempra tu de' cori ardenti ! 
 Tempra aiicor lo zelo andace ! 
 Spargi in terra qiiella pace, 
 Che regnar tu'fai nel Ciel. 
 A noi volgi il bel sembiante, 
 Senza nube e senza vel I 
 Fine al rito ; e il sacro bosco 
 Sia disgombro dai proiani ; 
 Quaudo. il Nume iratu e fosco, 
 Chiegga il sangue dei Romani, 
 Dal IJruidico delubro 
 La mia voce tuuiiera. 
 Tiioni ! alcnn del popol empio 
 Non isfiigga id giusto sccmpio ! 
 E primier da noi percosso 
 II Froconsole cadrfi. 
 S"i, cadrii, punirlu io posso. 
 (Ma punirlo il our non sa.) 
 
 Oh ! calm thou hearts, too ardent burning ! 
 Oh I calm thou zeal, all prudence spva-niug ! 
 Then, peace on earth again returning, 
 Speed on thi'ough Heaven with ray divine. 
 
 All. Oh I on us, with favour gleaming, 
 Free from clouds, propitious shine ! 
 
 Nor. The rites are finish'd ; and the sacred wood 
 Must now be clear'd of all profane intruders; 
 When he, the Deity of wrath and gloom. 
 Shall decree the ensanguin'd fidl of Rome, 
 Then, from the Druid's' consecrated altar, 
 My summoning voice in thundershaU keheard- 
 
 AIL Let it be heard I and of the impious race 
 Not one shall escape our vengeance ! 
 Beneath our retribiitive weapons 
 Sli;ill the Proconsul be the first to fall. 
 
 Nor. Yes, first to fall I I have pow'r to liunish him. 
 l^But how, alas ! my weak heai-t knows not.) 
 
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 AKl BELLO, A ME BITOBNA.—AB.\ DEAR ONE, AS TRUE RETURNING. Aiu. Norma. 
 
 
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 Ah ! dear one, to me 
 
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 Hea - ven, 
 
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 i'wo, Sei lento, si, sei lento, 
 O giomo di vendetta ; 
 Ma irato il Dio t' affretta 
 Che n Tebro condanno. 
 
 [Norma parte ; e tutte in ordine la seguono. 
 
 SCENA Y.—Entra Adalgisa. 
 Ada. Sgombra e la sacra selva, — 
 
 Couipiuto il rito. Sospirar non vista 
 Alfin pu3s' io, qui, dove a me s' ofForse 
 La prima volta quel fatal Romano 
 Che mi rende i-ubeUa al tcmpio. al Dio. 
 Fosse r ultima ;dmen ! — Vano desio ! 
 Irresistibil forza 
 
 Qui mi strascina : e di quel caro aspetto 
 II cor si pasce ; e di sua cara voce 
 L' aura die spira mi repete il suono. 
 
 [CoiTe a prostrarsi, sulla Pietra d' Irminsul. 
 Deh ! protegguni, o Dio ! perduta io sono. 
 
 SCENA YI. — PoLLiONE, Flavio, e detta. 
 Pol. Eccola ! va ! mi lascia — 
 
 Ragion non odo. [Flavio parte. 
 
 Ada. [Veggendolo shifjuttita.'} O! Pollione 
 Pol. -' " "■ • " 
 
 .IfZa. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Che veggo ? — Piangevi tu ? 
 
 Pregava. Ah, t' allontana — 
 
 Pregar mi lascia ! 
 
 Un Dio tu preghi atroce, 
 
 Crudele, awerso al tuo desire e al mio 1 
 
 O. mia dUetta ! il Dio 
 
 Che invocav devi e Amor! 
 
 Amor ! deh I taci ! 
 Ch' io piij non t' oda. [Si allontana, da lui. 
 
 % - mo, 
 in thee* 
 
 Cho. Lingering and slow-paced, 
 
 Oh day of vengeance, thou approachest, 
 But the angry God shall haste thee. 
 That the Tiber hath condemned. 
 
 [Exit Norma; the rest follow iyi procession. 
 
 SCENE Y.— Enter Adalgisa. 
 
 Ada. The sacred wood is free from aU intruders. 
 
 The rites performed. I here may sigh unseen, 
 Within these shades that treacherous gave 
 The fii'st rencontre with that fatal Roman, 
 Who made me false ahke to vows and God. 
 Would that time were the last ! — Yain desire ! 
 A force irresistible 
 
 Impels me hither : his seductive looks 
 My heart entrance ; and of his dear voice 
 The air I breathe loves to repeat the sound. 
 
 [Prostrates herself at the Altar of Irminsul. 
 Protect thou me, oh God, or I am lost ! 
 
 SCENE YI. — PoLLio, Flavio, and the same. 
 Pol. 'Tis she I leave me ! vain's remonstrance now — 
 
 I'm deaf to reason. [Exit Flavio. 
 
 Ada. [Disturbed at the sight of Pollio.] Pollio! 
 Pol. What see I ? — In tears, love ? 
 Ada. 1 was praying. Leave me. leave me — 
 
 Leave me to prayer ! 
 Pol. Prayer to a a ruthlesc God, 
 
 Who fro\viis on the desires of two fond hearts ! 
 
 Oh. my belov'd, my beautiful ! the God 
 
 Thou should'st invoke, is Love ! 
 Ada. Love! hush! no more! 
 
 I dare not stay to listen. [Betreating. 
 
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 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 NORMA 
 
 E vuoi fugglrmi ? e dove 
 
 Fuggir Yxioi tu ch' io non ti segua P 
 
 Al tempio ; 
 
 Ai sacri altari ch' io sposar giurai ! 
 
 Gli altari I — e il nostro amor ? 
 
 Io r obbliai ! 
 
 Va. cnulole — e al Dio spietato, 
 
 Offri iu ilute il saiigue mio — 
 
 Tiitto. ah ! tutto ei sia vorsato; 
 
 Ma lasciarti non poss' io. 
 
 Sol promessa al IJio tu fosti^ 
 
 Ma il tuo cuore a nic si die. 
 
 Ah [ non sai quel che uii costi; 
 
 Perch' io mai viuunzi a te. 
 
 E tu pure, ah ! tu non sai ! 
 
 Quanto costi a me clolentel 
 
 All' altare che altraggiai. 
 
 Licta anilava o<l innooente ! 
 
 11 pensioro al Ciel s' ergea; 
 
 II mio Dio veileva iu Ciel ! 
 
 Or per me — spergiura e rea — 
 
 Cielo e Dio ricopre un vel. 
 
 Ciel piu puro. e Dei migliori, 
 
 T' oifro iu Roma, ov' io mi reco. 
 [Colpita.] Parti forse ! 
 
 Ai nuovi albori. 
 
 Parti ! — ed io ? 
 
 Tu rieni meco. 
 
 De' tuoi riti, e amor piu santo : 
 
 A lui cedi, ah ! cedi a me ! 
 [Pih comosso.] Ah ! non dirlo ! 
 
 H diro tanto, 
 
 Che ascoltato io sia da te. 
 
 Pol 
 
 Would'st fly from me P 
 Wliero canst thou fly that I cannot follow P 
 
 Our temple : 
 Those sacred aJtara I to espouse have sworn !l 
 The altar ! — and our love ? 
 
 I have forgotten it * 
 Go. cnK'l beauty — go to thy fell Deity, 
 And otl'cr up in Kacrifice my Ijlood — 
 To the last drop I— all. all — let it be shedj 
 For leave thee I cannot, whate'er the cosfc. 
 Thou wert but promis'd to thy tyrant God — 
 Not so to me : thy heart to me was given. 
 Ah ! none can teU what I for thee wouW suffer 
 No power shall force me to renounce thy love 
 And who can say what I have staked for thee 
 What grief thy fatal love has cost me ! 
 To the sacred altar I have outrag'd, 
 Cheerful and innocent of heart I came ! 
 My every thought I gave to Heaven alone ! 
 And I in Heaven with joy behold my God 1 
 But now I — lost, perjur'd, guilty thing, 
 Heaven and my Deity see no longer. 
 Heavens far purer, Gods more just, 
 To Rome invite thee, whither now I go. 
 
 Ada. [Amazed.'] Depart, said'st thou ? 
 
 Pol. Yes, at the da%vn of day. 
 
 Ada. Depart ! — and I ? 
 
 Pol. Thou must go with me. 
 
 Than thy fell rites, love's are holier far : 
 Yield to love ! and, yielding, yield to me ! 
 
 Ada. [Much agitated.] Ah ! urge not thus ! 
 
 Pol Still shall I urge. 
 
 Until thou, pitying, dost consent. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol 
 
 VIENI IN ROMA— COMB TO ROME. Duet. Adalgisa and Pollio. 
 PoLr.io. Piu mosso assai. 
 
 
 Vieni in Bo • ma, ah I vieni,o cara : Do - v'e a-mor, do-v'e amore,egioja,e vi - ta, I - neb- 
 Come to Rome with me, my fair - est: Love, and joy, and life, my dear -est. All will 
 
 hriam nostr' al-mea gara, — Del con - - ten -to, del con-ten-toacuinein-vi - ta. Vo-cein 
 there trans -poi-t, de - light us,— Bliss, and sweet con - tent, in - vite us. A 
 
 cor par • lar non sen - - ti, Che pro - met - te e-ter - no ben ; Ah ! da 
 
 voice must in thy heart be speak - ing, Pro - mis - ing e - ter - nal bHss ; Such sweet 
 
 fe • de ai dol - ciac- cen - ti, Spo • so tuo — spo - so tuo mi stringi al sen ! Ciel ! co- 
 
 ne -cents still there seek- ing. Be mine — yield Hea-ven in thy kiss! Heav'nslthe 
 
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 ■words I now hear sound - ing, Are our tern - pie's pray'rs con - founding, Those eyes, that 
 
NORMA. 
 
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 face, are ne-ver from me— E'en at the al - tar they beam on me. Heav'nsi 
 
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 on . fa del mio piav, - to, Del mio dual vit - to - ria ot - tien. Ciel ! 
 
 words I now hear sound - ing, Do our tern - pie's pray'rs con - found. Those eyes, 
 
 mi 
 that 
 
 togli al dol-ce in 
 face, are ne - ver 
 
 
 can - to, Ver - ror, 
 
 from me — Save me from the spell 
 
 Ver ror per - do - na al 
 by which I'm 
 
 men. 
 bound 
 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Adalgisa ! 
 
 Ah ! mi risparmi 
 Tua pieta maggior cordoglio ! 
 Adalgisa ! e vuoi lasciarmi ? 
 Nol poss' io! — Segiiir ti voglio ! 
 Qui, domani, aU' ora istessa, 
 Verrai tu ? 
 
 Ne fo promessa 
 Giura ! 
 
 Giuro ! 
 
 O ! mio contento ! 
 Ti rammenta! 
 
 Ah ! mi rammento ! 
 Al mio Dio saro spergiura, 
 Ma fedele a te saro ! 
 L' amor tuo mi rassicura, 
 E n tuo Dio sfidar sapro. [Partono. 
 
 SCENA VII. — Abitazione di Norma. 
 
 Norma e Clotilde, recano per tnano duepiccoli 
 Fanciulli. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 Clo. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Clo. 
 
 Nor. 
 Clo. 
 Nor. 
 
 Clo. 
 Nor. 
 
 Clo. 
 Nar. 
 
 Vanne ! e li cela entrambi ! — oltre 1' usato 
 
 10 tremo d' abbracciarU. 
 
 E qua! ti turba 
 Strano timor, che i figli tuoi rigetti ? 
 Non so ; — diversi affetti 
 
 Strazian quest' alma : amo in iin punto ed odio 
 I figli mioi — soffro in vederli, e sott'ro 
 S' io non li veggo ; non provato mai 
 Sento ud dUetto ed un dolore insieme 
 D' esser lor madre. 
 
 E madre sei ? 
 
 Nol fossi ! 
 Qual rio contrast© ! 
 
 Immaginar non puossi ? 
 O, mia Clotilde ! I'ichiamato al Tebro, 
 fe PoUione. 
 
 E teco ei parte ? 
 
 Ei tace 
 
 11 suo pensier. O ! s' ei fuggir tentasse, 
 E qui lasciai-mi — se obbliar potesse 
 Questi suoi figli ! 
 
 E n credi tu ? 
 
 Non r oso ! 
 E troppo tormentoso — 
 Ti'oppo orrendo un tal dubbio. 
 Alcun s'avanza : va — li cala. 
 [Norma Uabbraccia, Clotilde parte coi Fanciulli. 
 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 Ada. 
 Pol. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Adalgisa ! 
 
 Ah ! spare me, 
 In pity, from a greater sorrow ! 
 Adalgipa, canst tbuu leave me? 
 No, I cannot ! — I will follow thee. 
 Here, then, to-mon-ow, at this hour. 
 Say, wilt thou come ? 
 
 Thou hast my promise. 
 But swear ! 
 
 / swear ! 
 
 Oh! height of joy } 
 Remember ! 
 
 Ah ! I shall remember ! 
 To my God shall I be perjur'd. 
 But I shall be true to thee ! 
 Pol. By thy love I'm cheer 'd, urg'd onward, 
 
 Defying thus thy Deity. [Exeunt. 
 
 SCENE Yll.—Norma's Dwelling. 
 -Enfer Norma and Clotilde, leading btj the hand two 
 
 young Children. 
 Nor. Away ! conceal them ! — an tmusual terror 
 
 Thrills me as I embrace them. 
 Clo. What is't moves thee. 
 
 That thus thou driv'st from thee thy children r 
 Nor. I cannot tell;— conteu ding feelings rend 
 
 My ill-us'd soul : at once 1 love and hate 
 
 My hapless children — seeing them, I suffer* 
 
 Yet in their absence suffering, 
 
 I prove alike a pleasure and a pain — 
 
 I feel that I'm their mother. 
 Clo. Their mother ? 
 
 Nor. Would I were not^ 
 
 Clo. Heart-rending conflict ! 
 Nor. Who can pictui'e it ? 
 
 Oh, my Clotilde ! recalled to the Tiber, 
 
 PoUio departs. 
 Clo. With you ? 
 
 Nor. He has not said so 
 
 He hides his thoughts. Oh ! should he resolve 
 
 To leave me here alone — should he forget 
 
 His helpless childi-en ! 
 Clo. You cannot think he'd act so ? 
 Nor. No, I dare not ! 
 
 Ah ! too toi-menting to my faithful heart — 
 
 Too horrible, I feel this doubt. 
 
 Some one advances : go — hide them. 
 INorma embraces, and Clotide retires with Children 
 
NORMA. 
 
 SCENA VIIT.— Adaloisa e Norma. 
 
 Kor. Atlals^isa ! 
 
 Ada. [Da imlano.] (Alma, costanzal) 
 
 Nor T iiioltni — o fjiovinetta — 
 
 T' inoltia— o perclu" troiiii? 
 
 UJii cbo <,'rave a mo 
 
 St'greto i)ale8ar tu voglia. 
 Ada. P. vor !— Ma. tlob ! ti spofjlia 
 
 Delia celeste auateritii, die flplcndc 
 
 Negli <H'ohi tiioi— tlammi eorraggio, ond'io 
 
 Seiiz' alciui velu ti palesi il core. 
 
 [St prostra. — Norma la solleva. 
 Nor. Mi abbraocia— o parla : che t' aflligge ? 
 Ada. [Dopo nn vtoniento <Z' cititazione.] Amore ! 
 
 "Non t' irritar I — Lunga sta;^ion pugnai 
 
 Per soffocarlo — i>i,'iu mia iuiza ei viiiso ! 
 
 Ogui rimorso Ah ! tu non sal pur Jiarxsi 
 
 Quill giui-amento io fea ! — fuggir dal teuipio, — 
 
 Tra<lir V altare a cui son io legata,— 
 
 Abbandouar la patria ! 
 Nor. Abi, sventurata ! 
 
 Del tiio primier mattino. 
 
 Gia turbato e il sereno ; e come e quando 
 
 Nacque tal fiauima in te ? 
 Ada. Da un solo sguardo — 
 
 Da un sol sosjm-o, nella sacra selva, 
 
 A' pie dell' ara ov' io pregava il Lio. 
 
 Tremai, sid labbro mio 
 
 Si arresto la pregliicra ; e tntta assoi*ta 
 
 In quel leggiadro aspetto, un altro Cielo 
 
 Mirar credetti ! — un altro Cielo in lui ! 
 Nor. (O rimembranza! io lui 
 
 Cosi rapita al sol niii-arlo in volto.) 
 Ada. Ma non mi ascolti tu ? 
 Nor. Scgui — t' ascolto. 
 
 Ada. Sola, furtiva, al tempio 
 
 Io r aspettai sovente ! 
 
 Ed ogui di pill fenida 
 
 Crcbbe la fiamma ai'dente. 
 Nor. (Io stessa, anch' io 
 
 Arsi cosl — r incanto sue fu il mio.) 
 Ada. Vieni ! ci dicea. concedi 
 
 Ch' io mi ti prostri ai piedi, 
 
 Lascia che V aura spiri, 
 
 De' dolci tuoi sasjiiri ! 
 
 Del tuo brl cii'.i le aneUa 
 
 Dammi poter baciar ? 
 Nor. (0, can aceenti! 
 
 Cosi U profferia — 
 
 Cosi trovava del mio c<u- la via.) 
 Ada. Dolci qual arpa armonica, 
 
 M" eran le sue j'lirole: 
 
 Negli occhi suoi sorridere 
 
 Vedea piu bello uu sole. 
 
 Io fui perduta e il s(^no. 
 
 D' uopo bo del tuo perdono : 
 
 Deh ! tu mi reggi e guida, — 
 
 Me rassioura, o sgrida, — 
 
 Salvami da me stessa, — 
 
 Salvami dal mio cor ! 
 Nor. Ah ! tergi il pianto : 
 
 Alma non tro%i di pietade avara. 
 
 Te ancor nou lega eteruo node aU' ara. 
 
 SCENE VIII. — Adaloisa and Norma. 
 
 AW. Adalgisa ! 
 
 Ada. [In the distance^ (Soid, be firm I) 
 
 Nor. Approach — young virgin, fear not — 
 Advance — why tremble ? 
 I've lieard that some grave matter 
 To me in seci'et thou woidd'st impart. 
 
 Ada. 'Tif. true ! — But, ah ! veil awlii'e 
 
 That heavenly austerity that reigns 
 Within thy eyes — inspire, encourage me. 
 That, uurestrain'd, I may unfold my heart. 
 [Adalgisa kneels loivhj — Nnrtna raises hei\ 
 
 Nor. Embrace me — speak : what alilicts thee ? 
 
 Ada. [After a moment's hesitation.] Love! 
 
 Be not angry ! — Long I struggled 
 To repress it— but in vain, lor it conqucr'd ! 
 
 AU my remorse Ah ! thou little thinkcst» 
 
 What oath I've sworn ! — to fly our temple, — 
 Betray the altar unto which I'm bound, — 
 Forsake my country ! 
 
 Nor. Lost, unhappy one ! 
 
 Thus, so early in thy life's young morning, 
 'J'hy calm is o'ercast ; but when, and how. 
 Was bom this flame in thee ? 
 
 Ada. 'Twas with one look— 
 
 A single sigh, within our sacred forest. 
 As at the altar I implor'd our God. 
 Ti-embling, alas ! I lelt upon my lips 
 The pray'r arrested — die; and, all ab-orb"d. 
 In his bright countenance another Heaven I 
 I saw. — Ah, how believe 1 — another Heaven i 
 
 Nor. (Sad reminiscence ! 'twas thus that I 
 
 Enraptur'd felt when I fu-st beheld him.) 
 
 Ada. But thou dost not hear ? 
 
 Nor. Go on — I listen to thee-. 
 
 Ada. Alone and secret, in our temple 
 
 I met him oft — remorse and shame ! 
 Each day more fervent grew my passion. 
 Each day increas'd my bosom's flame. 
 
 Nor. ('Twas thus, I in my pride 
 
 Was charm'd — eigh'd as she sigh'd.) 
 
 Ada. Oh, come ! he said, permission grant me 
 Lowly to kneel before thy virgin feet, 
 Leaving the passing zephyrs to enchant me, 
 As sweetly they thy honey 'd siuhs repeat ! 
 And thy celi'stial brow, best bl.ss ! 
 Grant me, oh ecstacy of joy ! t(j kiss ! 
 
 Nor. (Dear accents ! remember'd but too well ! 
 Such words he softly breath 'd to me — 
 And found to my poor heart the way!) 
 
 Ada. Sweet as the notes of the harmonious harp, 
 FLjw'd the measure of his love-fraught v/ord? 
 His eyes, his conquest aiding, brightly suiil 'J, 
 More beauteous than the noon-day Sun. 
 I became lost, such ardent passion breathing 
 Befriend me — grant thy gracious pardon I 
 Oh ! in thy virtue, be my help, my guide- 
 Kindly console me, or as kind reprove, — 
 Stretch forth thy hand, and save me, — 
 Save me from my heart ! 
 
 Nor. Ah ! dry thy tears .i 
 
 Thou find'st.in mine a soul not pro>)f to pit/. 
 Thou'i-t not eternally bound to our altar. 
 
NORMA. 
 AE! 81, FA CORE— OKI CHEER THEE. Duet. Norma ancZ Adalgisa. 
 
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 Jh! si, fa core! e ah - brae - cia - mi — Per - do - no eti com -plan - go; Dai 
 Oh ! cheer thee, -weep not ! come to my ai-ms — I par - don thee, thy sor-row chase ; From 
 
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 vo - a tuoi ti li - he - ro. I tuoi le - ga - m,i io /ran - go. Al 
 
 all thy vows I free thy chai-ms, The bonds that bind thee se - ■"er. Love 
 
 ca - ro og - get - to u - ni - - - - ta — Vi - vraife • - - li - ce . . . an • cor ; Al 
 
 gont-ly . . . chain-ing, thy dear one em -brace — In joy live, in ;oy live, .... e-ver; Love 
 
 ca - ro og-gct. . . . tou - ni - - - ■ 
 ;ent - ly chain-ing, thy dear one ei 
 
 ca - ro og-get. . . . tou - ni - - - - ta, Vi- vrai fe-li - ce an - cor, . . . vi 
 
 gent - ly chain-ing, thy dear one embrace. In joy Hve, in joy live . . e - ver, . . . 
 
 ^ • Vi- 
 
 
 vra ... . % an - cor, . vi - vra 
 
 . . in joy injoy, . . 
 
 \ \ . Adaloisa. 
 
 fe - • lice an- 
 in joy live 
 
 
 Ri ' pe • ti Ciel, ri . pe • ti - mi ! Si lu • singh - ieri, ae- 
 e - ver ! Re - peat, repeat thou, great Hea - vens ! yes, Those ac - cents sweet, and 
 
 - ti; Per te, per te s^ac - que • ta - no, I lun - ghi miei tor - 
 ow chase; Thi'ough thee, pure calm my hopes will bless. My deart ft-om woe shall 
 
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 sor ■ 
 
 e col ' - paa- 
 
 men-ii, — Tu ren-di a me la vi ta, be nan e cot, - - pc 
 
 se-ver,— Life's ear - ly morning, re-'stor'd through thy grace, If pas - sion be guilt - less, 
 
 '-^—y- — — 
 mor ; Tu ren - di a me la 
 
 Fu ren - diamela vt - --"'"' ta, Se non e col • paa- 
 
 fe's ear - ly morning re - stor'd thro' thy gi-ace. If pas-sion be guilt . less, 
 
 pas 
 
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 non., non . . e col • paa • mor. 
 sion be guilt - less, e-ver. 
 
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 Nor. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Ma di* — r amato pioviino, 
 yiiale fr.i iioi si ui>ma r 
 Ciilla oi non ebbe in Gallia; 
 
 Roma gli h patria 
 
 Roma ! 
 Ed ?— proscRiii ! 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 Nor. 
 Ada. 
 Nor. 
 
 SCENA IX.— POLLIONE. e detti. 
 
 Ada. Dmira! 
 
 AW. Ei! PoUione! 
 Ada. Qual ira P 
 
 Nor. Cestui, cestui dicesti ? 
 
 Ben io compresi ? 
 Ada. All, 8\! 
 
 Pol. JtwUandosi ad Adalgisa.] 
 
 Misera te ! — che festi ? 
 Ada. Io ! 
 ,Nor. [A PoUione.'] Tremi tu— pev chi ? 
 
 [Alctini momoiti di silenzio : PoUione e confuso, 
 
 Adalffisu tremante, e Norma fennente. 
 
 O non tremare ! o perfido ! 
 No, non tremar per lei : 
 Essa non e culpevole 
 11 mallattor tu sei I 
 Trema per te — fellone ! 
 Pei ligli tuoi, per me. 
 Ada. Che ascolto ?— Ah, PoUione ! 
 Taci ! t' aiTetri ? — Ahime ! 
 
 [Si copre il voUo coUe mani : Norma V afferra 
 
 per un braccio, e la costringe a mirar PoUione, 
 
 egli la segiie. 
 Nor. O ! di qual sei tu vittima ! 
 
 Crudo e t'unesto ingixnno ! 
 
 Pria cbe cestui conoscere, 
 
 T' era il morir men danno. 
 
 Fente d' eterue lagrime, 
 
 L' emjiio a te pure aperse ; 
 
 D' orviljil vel coperse 
 
 L' aurora do' tuoi di. 
 Ada. O I qual traspare orribUe 
 
 Dal tue parlar mistero ! 
 
 Trema il mi(j cor di chiedere — 
 
 Trema d' udire il vero : 
 
 Tutta comprendo, e misera ! 
 
 Tutta la mio sventura — 
 
 Essa non ha misura, 
 
 Se in' inganiu) cosi. 
 Pol. Norma, de' tuoi rimproveri 
 
 Segno, non I'arnii adesso. 
 
 Deh ! a questa afiiitta vergine, 
 
 Sia respirar concesso : 
 
 Copra a quell' alma ingenua«— 
 
 Cepra nostr' onte un velo. 
 
 Giudichi solo il Cielo 
 
 Qual piu di noi falli. 
 Nor. Perfide ! 
 
 Pol. Or basti ! [Per allontanarsi. 
 
 Nor. Fermati ! 
 
 E a me sottrarti speri ? 
 Pol. Vieni 1 [Afferra Adalgisa. 
 
 Ada. Mi lascia I — scostati ! 
 
 [Dividendosi da lui. 
 Tu sei di Norma sposo. 
 
 But tell me — tliis much-lov'd youth. 
 By what name, 'mongst us, is he called P 
 He was not born here in Gaul : 
 
 Rome is his country 
 
 Rome ! 
 H is name ? — speak ! 
 
 SCENE IX. — POLLio, and the same. 
 
 Ada. Behold him ! 
 
 Nor. He! Pollio! 
 
 Ada. What means this rage P 
 
 Nor. This man, say'st thou ? 
 Have I heard rightly ? 
 
 Ada. Ah. yes ! 
 
 Pol. [Approaching Adalgiaa.'] 
 
 Oh, miserable thou ! — what rashness ! 
 
 Ada. I! 
 
 Nor. [To Pollio.'] Thou tremblest— for whom ? 
 [Some moments of silence : Pollio 'is confused, Adal- 
 gisa trembling, and Norma enraged. 
 
 Tremble not ! perfidious one ! 
 Tremble not thus with fear for her : 
 She's not foreswora and guilty, 
 'ihe criminal, the guilty, is thyself! 
 Then tremble for thyself, betrayer ! 
 For thy hapless children, and at me. 
 Ada. What do I hear ?— Ah, Pollio ! 
 
 Silent ! not vindicate thyself ?— Alas ! 
 
 [She covers her face with her hands. — Norma seizes 
 her by the arm, and compels her to look on 
 Pollio, who anxiously observes her. 
 
 Nor. Oh ! of what treachery art thou the victim ! 
 Cruel, unhappy, inianious deception ! 
 Rather than this man thou e'er hadst known. 
 To thee death's self had preferable been. 
 A bitter fountain of eternal tears. 
 This impious one causes to flow ; 
 With horrid clouds he has o'ershadow'd 
 The morning of thy unsuspecting days. 
 
 Ada. Oh! -svhat treachery gleams forth 
 
 Too clearly in thy dark mysterious words ! 
 
 My trembling heart no more dares ask — 
 
 Dares not, though yearning, hear the trutli : 
 
 I comprehend all my misery, 
 
 ■All my misfortunes, my o'erwhclming woes— 
 
 They are destined ne'er to end, 
 
 If thus he has deceived me. 
 
 Pol. Norma, of thy well-merited reproaches 
 Make me not now the object. 
 Oh ! pitying this aflhcted virgin. 
 Her hapless sighs, so undeserv'd, respect : 
 Let us conceal from her ingenuous sovd — 
 Let us conceal our shame beneath a veil. 
 To the justice only of offended Heaven 
 Be left to say which of us has erred. 
 
 Nor. Perfidious one ! 
 
 Pol. Enough ! enough I [Turning to go. 
 
 Nor. Hold! held! 
 
 Thus to escape me dost thou hope ? 
 
 Pol. Come ! [Seizing Adalgisa, 
 
 \ Ada. Oh, leave me ! — hence, away ! 
 
 [ Gett ing free from PoUio, 
 1 Begone I thou art the spouse of if.'orma. 
 
NORMA. 
 
 15 
 
 Tol. Qual io mi fossi obblio x 
 
 L' amante tuo son io. [Con tutto ilfaoco. 
 
 E mio destino aniavti, 
 Destin costei lugyir. 
 Kor. Ebben! Lo couipi — e parti. 
 
 [Bepi-imendo il furore. 
 \_A Adalgisa,'] Seguilo. 
 Ada. Ah ! pria morir ! 
 
 Hor. [Prorom'pendo.'] 
 
 Vanne. s\— mi Inscia, indegno. 
 
 Figli obb'ia, proinesse, onore. 
 
 Maledetto dal mio sdegno 
 
 Non godrai d'unempio ainure: 
 
 Te sull' onde, te eni venti, 
 
 Segniran mie furie ardenti ; 
 
 Mia vendetta, e notte e giorno, 
 
 Ruggiiad' intorno a te. 
 PoZ. [I)isj)eratamente.'] 
 
 Fremi pure, e angoscia eterna. 
 
 Pur m' impreohi il tuo furore. 
 
 Qucsto amor cbe mi governa, 
 
 fe di te, di me maggiore 
 
 Dio non v' ha che mab inventi 
 
 De' miei mali piu cocenti. 
 
 Maledetto io fui quel giarno » 
 
 Che il destin t' (iferse a me. 
 Ada. [Snpplichevole a iVocmti.] 
 
 Ah 1 non fia, non fia cb' io costi 
 
 Al tuo cor s\ rio dolore. 
 
 Mari e monti sian frapposti 
 
 Fra me sempre e il traditore. 
 
 Soffocar aapro i lamenti— 
 
 Divorar i miei tormenti, 
 
 M<jriio, perclie ritorno 
 
 Faccia il crudo ai figli e a te. 
 Coro. [Didentru.] 
 
 Norma! all'ara! In suon feroce, 
 
 D' Irminsul tuono la voce ! 
 Nor. 1 [A Pollione.'] Suim di morte !— a tea' intima. 
 Ada. ) Fuggi ! va ! qui pronta ell* e. 
 Pol. Si! laspezzo — si; ma prima 
 
 Mi cadra, il tuo nuine al pie! 
 
 [Squillano i Saari Bronai del Tempio.— Norma e 
 chiamata ai riti. — Ella rispinge d' un braccio 
 Pollione e gli accenna di uscire. — Pollione si 
 allontana furente. 
 
 riNE DELIi' ATTO PKIMO. 
 
 Pol. What I have been I will forget ; 
 
 Only of thee the lover am I now. [With fire. 
 
 It is my destiny to love thee, 
 
 As 'tis my destiny to fly from her. 
 
 Nor. Infatuated ! Thy with accomplish — go. 
 
 [Restraining her rage. 
 [To Adelgisa.] And thou, to, follow. 
 
 ^da. Ah ! rather would I dio ! 
 
 Nor. [In great rage.] 
 
 Yes, fly — leave me, thou unworthy one ! 
 Forget thy cheldren, promises, honour. 
 The curse of my just veiigt-ance on thee, 
 Never shalt thou enjoy tby impious love : 
 On the sounding wave, in the howling wind, 
 Thou following wilt find my ardent fury ? 
 My vengeance, night and day unceasingly, 
 Blasting thy peace, shall rage around thee. 
 
 Pol. [With desperation.l 
 
 Still madly rave, and endless agonies 
 Upon me imprecate, in thy wild fury. 
 The mighty love of which I own the empire, 
 Than thee, o'er me possesses greater power. 
 No god in malice torments can invent, 
 Than my own torments more t xm-uciating, 
 A curse fell upon that fital d:iy 
 When destiny presented thee to me. 
 
 Ada. [Supplicativg Nirmu.] 
 
 Ah ! no, it shall not be that thus 
 I thy fond heart should lacerate. 
 May aeas and mountains alike divide 
 From me for ever this treacherous lover. 
 I'll stifle all weak lamentations — 
 Hide each torment I may feel. 
 And die without reproach, if he 
 But return to his children and to thee. 
 
 Cho. [From within.'] 
 
 Norma ! hasten ! With fearful sound 
 Irminsul in thunder lifts his voice. 
 
 Nnr. \ [To Pollio.] The sound of death 1 to thee a 
 
 A:a.i warning 
 
 Fly ! away ! prepar'd it conies ! 
 
 Pol. Tes! I defy it— yes ; but first 
 
 I'll o'erthrow thy Deity at thy feet, 
 [The Sacred Bronze is heard sounding from the 
 Temple. — Norma is summoned to the rites.^' 
 With one arm she repulses Pollio, and ivith 
 the other imperatively points for him to retire, 
 ivhich he does in great anger. 
 
 END OF THE FIRST ACT, 
 
16 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 A T T II. 
 
 SCENA I. — Inttrno dell' Ahitazione di Norma.— Da 
 una ptirfr un Ldio Romano. copeHo di pelle d' Orso. 
 — 1 Figli di Norma sono addonnentati. 
 
 Norma con una lampa c vn pugnnlc alia mono. — 
 Siede e posa la lampa sopra una tavola. — E pallida, 
 coAtraffula-. 
 
 Nor. Dormono entrambi ! non vodran la mano 
 Che li percudte ; — non pontirti. o core, 
 Yivor non ponno ; qui siipplizio, e in Roma 
 OM>rohrio avrian (pi'sTt,rior saipplizio assai) : 
 Sohiavi d' una matrigna I — Ah no ! giammai ! 
 
 [Sorge. 
 Muoiiuiol — SK Non posso 
 
 \_Fa unpasso, e sifenna. 
 Av^-icinnrmi — iin gel mi prende; 
 E in front e mi soUova il crin. 
 
 I figli uccido 1 tenero tigli — 
 
 In qucsto sen concetti I [Jnlenerendosi. 
 
 Da questo sen nutriti— esr.i. pur diaiizi 
 Delizia mia I — essi. nel cui sovriso 
 
 II perdono del Ciel mirar credei — 
 lo. io. li svenero ! Di che son rei ? 
 Di PoUitme son figli : 
 
 Ecco il delitto. Essi per me son morti — 
 Muoia per lui ; 
 
 E non sia pena che la sua somigli I 
 Feriam I 
 f S' incamminn verso il Letto. aha il pvgnale — 
 
 es.srt da. un grido inorridita, i Figli si sve- 
 
 gliamo. 
 Ah, no I son figli miei ! — mici figli ! 
 
 [Li abbraccia, epiange. 
 Clotilde ! 
 
 SCENA n. — Clotilde e delta. 
 
 Nor. Corri ! vola ! 
 
 Adalgi=^a a me guida. 
 Clo. Ella qni presso — 
 
 Solituria si ag/^ira, e prega e plora. 
 A or. Va; si «imendi il mio fallo, e poi, si mora ! 
 
 [Clotilde parte 
 
 SCENA III. — Adalgisa e Norma. 
 
 Ada. Me cliianii, o Norma. Qual ti copre il volto 
 T' '.sto pallor ? 
 
 Nor. Pallor di morte ! Io twtta 
 
 L' onta mia ti rivelo. Una preghiera sola 
 Odi, e r adempi : se pieta pur merta 
 n presente mio duolo, e il duel future. 
 
 Ada. Tutto, tutto, io prometto. 
 
 Nor. Hgiura! 
 
 Ada. II giuro ! 
 
 Nor. Odi : — Purgar quest' aura 
 
 Contaminata dalla mia prcsenza, 
 Ho risoluto. Ne trar, meco io posso ; 
 Questi infelici ! — a te, gli affido ! 
 
 ACT T r . 
 
 SCENE I. — Tnlerior of Norma's Dwelling. — On one 
 »ide. a Ronum Conch, covered with Bear-skina, on 
 which the children ot Norma are sleeping. 
 
 Enter Norma, tvith a lamp and a dnrjqer in her hand. 
 — She seats herself, placing the lamp on a table. — 
 She is pale and distracted. 
 
 Nor. They sleep — they will not see the hand 
 
 That strikes the blow ; repent not, my heart, 
 They must cUc ; their fate in Rome would be ' 
 Opprobrium (worse than their suffp/ing here): 
 Slaves to a stepmother I — Ah no ! never ! 
 
 [She rise&. 
 Better they should die ! — yes. 1 cannot 
 
 [Advancing, then drawing hade. 
 Draw nearer — chill seizes me ; 
 On my brow my hair stands erect. 
 Murdt>r my children ! my helpless children — 
 My own dear oifsiu-ing ! [ WitJu tenderness 
 
 Nurtur'd at this breast — they who once 
 Were my delight ! — in whose fond smUe 
 The pardon of Heaven I thouglit I saw — 
 I, I, their murderer! What is their crime? 
 They are the childi'en of Pollio : 
 That is their crime ? To me they're dead — 
 For him they die ; 
 
 May their sacrifice cause him remorse eternal ! 
 Now will I strike ! 
 [She advances totoards the Couch, and raises her 
 her dagger — then utters a fearful scream, 
 lohich awakens the Child/ren. i 
 
 \h, no ! they are my chQdren I — my children ! { 
 
 [She embraces them, and weeps 
 Clotilde ! 
 
 SCENE II. — Clotide. and the same. 
 
 Nor. Hasten ! tly ! 
 
 Bring Adalgisa to me. 
 Clo. She is near — 
 
 Lonely she wanders, pi-;>yiug and in tears. 
 Nor. Go; I win atone my crime, then die ! 
 
 [Exit Clotilde. 
 
 SCENE III.— Adalgisa and Nouma. 
 
 Ada. Thou call'st me, Norma. What horrid pallor 
 O'er spreads thy features ? 
 
 Nor. That oi death ! Now all 
 
 My shame will I reveal. One prayer only 
 Hear, and my wish fidfil, if thou canst pity 
 My present grief, my future woe. 
 
 Ada. All, all, I promise thee. 
 
 Nor. But swear ! 
 
 Ada. I swear ! 
 
 Nor. Hear me : — To purify and free the air, 
 Too long contaminated by my presence. 
 Is my resolve. Take them with me I cannot j 
 What misery ! — to thee, then, I confide them 1 
 
Ada. O, CieU ! 
 
 A me gli affidi ? ' 
 
 Nor. Nel Romano campo 
 
 Guidali a lui — che nominar non oso. 
 Ada. Oh ! che mai chiedi ? 
 Nor. Sposo 
 
 Ti sia men crude, io gli perdono, e moro. 
 Ada. Sposo ! — Ah ! non mai ! 
 Nor. Pei figli suoi P imploro 
 
 NORMA. 
 Ada. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Ada^ 
 Nor. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 17 
 
 Oh, Heaven ! 
 To me confide them ? 
 
 To the Roman camp 
 Take them to him — his name I dare not utter. 
 Oh ! what do'st thou ask of me ? 
 
 A husband may he be 
 To thee less faithless ; I forgive him, and die. 
 A husband ! — Ah ! never ! 
 
 I for his children ask it. 
 
 DER! CON TE LI PBENDl^FRAYl BENEATH THY CARE. Air. Norma. 
 
 Allegretto Moderato. 
 
 Deh! con te, con te, U pren - di, Li so - stie - ni. It di - fen - di.' ATmj h' 
 
 Deh! con te, con te, li pre 
 Pray ! be-neath thy care be - mend them, And from ev' - ry ill 
 
 fen - di! Non ti 
 fend them ! Not for 
 
 ^^i=7= 
 
 chie - do -nori e fa - sci — A 
 ho-nours I im-plore thee — These thy 
 
 i miei non la - sci, Schiaviab-biet-ti, ab-ban 
 not deceive them, Nor to ab - ject slav' 
 
 titoi fi - gli ei fian ser • ba - ti: 
 chil - dren's por-tions store thee : 
 
 iplpi^E: 
 
 Pre - go sol che 
 I but ask thou'lfc 
 
 do - na 
 ry leave 
 
 ti — Bas-tia te che di-sprez~ 
 them— For re - mem-ber that des- 
 
 i^£Seiii^il! 
 
 pis'd. 
 
 ta, Che tra 
 be - tray'd. For 
 
 di - ta io fid per te! 
 sa - ken, I've been for thee ! 
 
 ■^^^MMrn. 
 
 plore thee. 
 
 tan - to stra • zio del 
 gi-ant the pray'r of my 
 
 deh . . ti 
 
 mio cor ; A 
 poor heart; A 
 
 /- — / 
 mo - va, tan - to stra 
 I im - plore thee. Grant the pray': 
 
 
 210 del 
 of, 
 
 mio cor. 
 
 my poor heart. 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Nor. 
 Ada. 
 
 K(yr. 
 
 Norma ! ah. Norma ! ancora amata ! 
 Madre ancor sarai per me — 
 Tienti i figli. Non fia mai 
 Ch' io mi tolga a queste arene. 
 Tu giurasti. 
 
 Si, giurai ; 
 Ma il tuo bene — il sol tuo bene — 
 Vado al campo, ed all' ingi-ato. 
 Tutti io reco i tuoi lamenti 
 La pieta che mi hai destato, 
 Parlera sublimi accenti. 
 Spera, — spera : amor, natura 
 Ridestarsi in lui vedrai, — 
 Del suo cor son io secura — 
 Norma ancor vi regnera ! 
 Ch' io Io preghi ? ah ! no — giammai ! 
 Piu non t' odo — parti, va ! 
 
 Ada. 
 
 Nor. 
 Ada. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Norma ! ah. Norma ! still belov'd ! 
 
 A mother shalt thou be to me — 
 
 StiU keep thy children. Never shall it be 
 
 That I will quit these hallow'd woods, 
 
 But thou hast sworn. 
 
 Yes, I have sworn ; 
 To seek thy happiness — restore thy peace — 
 To the camp of the ingrate will I go, 
 And reveal thy sad lamentations. 
 The ardent pity thou in me hast kindled, 
 Shall speak to him in inspiration's accents. 
 Hope all — ^es. all : love and nature 
 Awaken'd m him shall again be seen, — 
 His heart to thee I will secure once moro — 
 Norma again shall reign triumphant ! 
 What ! I supplicate him ? ah ! no — never ! 
 I can no longer listen — hence, away ! 
 
18 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 .\finA. KORMA— SEE, OH NORMA. Duet 
 AotL'iisA. Atultinte. 
 
 Adalgisa and NoftMA. 
 
 rr)=r=:!^: 
 
 Mi-ra, Nor - ma ! ai tuoi gi - noc - chi, Quea - ti 
 low - fy kneel 
 
 See, oh, Not - ma ! 
 
 These thy chil - dren 
 ^ 3 
 
 CO - ri tuoipar • go - let - ii : Ah !pie' 
 
 sweet en -,dear- in^; Some 
 ^ r~^ NonMA. 
 
 1-: 
 
 id - de di l-or, H la 
 pi-tyhave for them, un-ca 
 
 id - de di l-or, H toe - chi, Se . . . non hai, non hai, di te pie - ta. Ah !per- 
 pi-tyhave for them, un-car-ing, Though for thy -self, thy-self, thou feel - est none. Ah! 
 
 ch*', per ■ che, 
 why thus. 
 
 la mia cos - tan • za, Viioi see - mar . 
 my cou - rage shak - ing, With these words 
 
 r^rrfQi: 
 
 ;^^ili^^i^ 
 
 
 con molli af • fet - ti ? Pik lu' 
 so soft, so ten - der ? No more 
 
 tin - ghe, ah pin spe-ran - za, Prcs -so a- mor-te un cm- non . . . ha. 
 
 feel - mg hope can ren - der, Nor more in - spire a dy-ing heart like mine. 
 
 Ada. Cedi, deh I cedi ! 
 
 Nor. Ah ! lasciami ! 
 
 Ei t' ama. 
 Ada. E giix sen pente. 
 
 Nor. E tu .» 
 Ada. Lo amai, quest' anima 
 
 Sol r amistadc or sente. 
 Not. O giovinetta 1 — E Tuoi ? 
 Ada. Renderti i dritti tuoi 
 
 O teco, al Cielo fe agli uomini, 
 
 Giuro celarmi ognor. 
 Kor. Hai vinto. hai vinto. Abbracciami— 
 
 Trovo un' arnica ancor. 
 
 Ada. Yield, oh yield to ny entreaties ! 
 
 Nor. . Ijeave me I 
 
 Lores he not thee ? 
 Ada. He is now repentant. 
 
 Nor. And thou ? 
 Ada. With lore my heart was fir'd, 
 
 But friendship now is all I feel. 
 Nor. Young maiden ! — what would'st thou ? 
 Ada. Restore to thee what is justly thine, 
 
 Or else with thee from Hearen and man, 
 
 I swear, concealed to lire for ever. 
 Nor. I am vanquish'd, conquer'd. Embrace me-— 
 
 I find a friend is left me yet, 
 
 BI FINO ALL ORE ESTREMB.—CKLKLY TILL CLOSES. Duet. Norma and Adalgisa. 
 Norma AUeoretto. 
 
 
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 Calm-ly 
 
 AVALOISA. 
 
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 till clos 
 
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 re, 
 
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 all' - ree 
 life's last fleet -ing 
 
 - stre-me, 
 ' moment, 
 
 Com 'pa - 
 Tru-ly 
 
 gna 
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 S^0— . IV— f- , -f- , _ j^ 
 
 vra - i ; Per ri'CO • vrar - ci, per ri - co-vrar-ci in • sie - me — Am - pia e la ier-raela 
 
 prore; A- bore us one roof shall give safe-ty 'sen - joyment — This world's wide e-nough to yield 
 
 ^pp^ii^:^ii^^i:ji^^gi^mai 
 
NORMA. 
 
 19 
 
 )S=t: 
 
 :E5HK^i 
 
 
 ter - ra - as - sa - 
 shel - ter 'gainst love. 
 
 Te - CO del fa - to all' on - te, 
 To - ge-ther fate op - pos - iiig. 
 
 mm^^^ 
 
 ;— rv 
 
 Ferviia op-por - rb La 
 Ris - iiig, brav - ing 
 
 te^gi=^^l 
 
 -I y y H 
 
 /roii - fe, Fin - die il mio core 
 sor - row, On tliy breast 
 
 -^ 1 — .- — ^- 
 
 on - te, Fer-via op-per - rb la fron - te, 
 
 pos - ing. Ris Lug, brav - ing sor - row. 
 
 Te - CO del fa - to alV 
 
 To - ge.-therfate op - 
 
 a hat - te-re, lo sen - ta sul tuo cor ; 
 
 re - pos - ing. Calm my breast will bor-row; 
 
 Fin - chemibai - 
 On tliy breast 
 
 te il cor sen 
 re - pos - - 
 
 Sen - ta. 
 Calm my breast, 
 
 sid tiio cor, lo sen - 
 
 calm my breast will bor 
 
 ta, lo 
 row. My 
 
 
 Sul tuo C01\ 
 Calm my breast 
 
 s^d cor, lo sen - - . - . ta, lo 
 
 will bor row, My 
 
 1^ ^ #. .». 
 
 i^l^i^i^^i^sii^llpiiillp^ii 
 
 sen • ta sul tuo cor lo sen - ta sid tuo cor, 
 
 breast will bor-row, wiU bor row. My breast, my breast will bor- 
 
 4S_ 
 
 —0- ^ i c-i — N--I — — 1 — •i*^""^, — -r ■— •-r-^- ^ — •-!-■ r — ' 1-| — I — |-'S --i 
 
 [Partono. 
 
 SCENA IV. — Imogo solitario pi'esso il Bosco dei 
 Druidi, cinto da bui~roni e da Caverne. — In fondo 
 un Lago, cdtraversato da tin Pvnte di Pietra. 
 
 Guerrieri e Galli. 
 'Oro 1. Non parti ? 
 
 Joro 2. Finora e al campo — 
 
 Tutto il dice : i feri carmi, 
 II fragore, il snon del' ai-mi, 
 DeUe insegnc il ventilav.. 
 
 [Exeunt. 
 
 SCENE IV. — A solitary spot near the Druids' Wood, 
 surrounded by rocky Caverns. — In Uie distance is a 
 Lake, over tchich is a Stone Bridge. 
 
 Enter Wao'riors and Gnuls. 
 1st Cho. Has he departed ? 
 
 2nd Cho. He's still in the camp- 
 
 All things bespeak it : the fierce warlike song, 
 The clang of arms, that cti\ cli'ss somid; 
 Their standards still triumphant wave. 
 
20 
 
 TuUi. Attendiam : un breve inciampo 
 Non ci t»irl>i,— non ci arroati. 
 E in silc'uziu il cor ai approsti 
 La giaiul* opra a consumar. 
 
 SCENA v.— Oroveso e detti, 
 
 Oro. Gui'iTi.'vi I a voi venimc 
 
 Crrtloa K.rici'.) d" a\-venir uiigliore : 
 
 II ^fn.n.s > arili>re, 
 
 L' na cho iu »oii vi lx>llu, 
 
 lo civdoa swKiidar— ma il Dio nol voile, 
 Coro. Come? E le nostre selve 
 
 L' abborrito Procousole non lascia ? — 
 
 Non node al Tebro ? 
 Oro. Ma piii temuto, e fero 
 
 Latino condottiero, 
 
 A Pollion siK-code; c di novelle 
 
 Possenti Logioni. 
 
 Atforzji il campu che ne tien prigioni. 
 Coro. E Norma U sa ? — Di pace 
 
 li consigliera ancor ? 
 Oro. In van di Norma 
 
 La mcntc investigai. 
 Coro. E che far pensi ? 
 
 Orn. Al fato 
 
 Piogar la fronte ; — separarci. e niillo 
 
 Lasoiar suspottx) del iallito intcnto. 
 Coro. E finger scmpre ? 
 Oro. Amara legge il seiito ! 
 
 Ah I del Tebro al giogo indogno 
 
 Fromo io pure — e iill' armi ancle ; — 
 
 Ma nemico e sempre U Cielo ; — 
 
 Ma cousiglio e U simular .- 
 
 Divoriamo in cor lo sdegno, 
 
 Tal che Roma ostinto il creda : 
 
 JX\ ven-fi, che desto, ei rieda, 
 
 Piu tremendo a divampar ! 
 Coro. Si, fingiara, se il finger giovi; 
 
 Ma il furore in sen si covi ; — 
 
 Guai per Roma, allor che il segno 
 
 Dia dell' armi il sacro altar ! 
 
 [Partono. 
 
 SCENA VI. — Tempio cZ' Irminsul : Ara da un lato. 
 Norma, indi Clotilde. 
 
 Nor. Ei tomera. — Si ! mia fidanza e posta 
 In Adalgisa : ei tomera pentito — 
 Supplicbevole, amante ! O ! a tal pensiero, 
 Sparisce il nuvol nero 
 
 Che mi premea la fronto ! e il sol m' arride. 
 Come del primo amor noi di fehci. 
 
 Esce Clotilde. 
 
 Clotilde ! 
 Clo. O, Norma ! uopo e d' ardir. 
 
 Nor^ Che dici ? 
 
 Clo. Lassa ! 
 Nor. Favella ! 
 
 Clo. Indamo 
 
 Parlo Adalgisa, e pianse. 
 A'or. Ed io fidarmi 
 
 Di lei dovea? di mano iiscinni, e hella 
 
 Del ^"n /Colore, prcsentarsi ail' cmpio? 
 
 Ella tramaval 
 
 NURMA. 
 
 All. 
 
 Lot us be patient : a slight impediment 
 Must not disturb us, — nor stop our progress. 
 In silence let us our hearts prepare 
 The glorious work to consummate. 
 
 scent: Y.— Enter Oroveso. 
 
 Oro. Gallant wamors ! I had hop'd 
 
 To be the messenger of better prospects : 
 The patriotic zeid. the generous ardour. 
 The noble rage which in your bosoms bum, 
 I hop'd to second — the God wills differently. 
 
 Cho. How is it that our consecrated woods 
 
 This abhorr'd Proconsul does not leave ? — 
 Returns not to the Tiber ? 
 
 Oro. A more fierce 
 
 And cruel Roman commander, 
 To Pollio succeeds; aud myriads of new 
 O'erpow'ring Legions, eager to destroy, 
 Reinforce the camp to keep us in subjection. 
 
 Cho. Does Norma know tliis ? — Does she peace 
 Still counsel us ? 
 
 Oro. I in vain of Norma 
 
 The mind have sought. 
 
 Cho. How wilt thou act ? 
 
 Oro. To fate 
 
 Submissive bow ; — separate all, and nothing 
 Leave to awak e suspicion of intentions. 
 
 Cho. Dissembling ever ? 
 
 Oro. A bitter law I feel it ! 
 
 Ah ! at the Tiber's yoke dishonourable 
 I alike rage — alike for arms I pant ; — 
 But unfriendly to us still is Heaven ! — 
 My counsel, +lien, is, we dissimulate : 
 Let's stifle in our hearts our indignation, 
 That Rome extinguish'd may believe it : 
 The day ^vill come, when it shall return, 
 More terribly to vanquish and destroy ! 
 
 Cho. Yes, let us feign, if feigning help us ; 
 
 But fury in our bosoms still we'll shroud ; 
 Woe be to Rome, whene'er the fatal signal, 
 To arms, sounds from our sacred altar ! 
 
 [Exeunt. 
 
 SCENE VI. — Temple of IrDiinsul : Altar on one side- 
 Enter Norma, afterwards Clotilde. 
 
 Nor. He wUl return. — All, yes ! my faith is firm 
 In Adalgisa : he'll return repentant — 
 A supplicating lover ! At that thought. 
 How disappear the clouds that late so darkly 
 Oppress'd my brow ! the bright sixn smiles, 
 As in my first lov'd days of happiness. 
 
 Enter Clotilde. 
 
 Clotilde ! 
 Clo. Oh, Norma ! summon courage. 
 
 Nor. Speak ? 
 
 Clo. Alas I 
 
 Nor. TeU me all 
 
 Clo. Vainly 
 
 Spoke Adalgisa's tears. 
 Nor. Should I have 
 
 Trusted her ? let her. so beauteous 
 
 In son-ow, seek that impious one P 
 
 She has betrayed me ! 
 
NORMA. 
 
 21 
 
 Cho. Ella ritoraa al _jmpio 
 
 Trista, dolento impiora 
 
 Di profferii- suoi voti. 
 Nor. Ed egU ? 
 
 Clo. Ed egli 
 
 Rapirla giura anco all' altar del Nume I 
 Nor. Troppo U. fellon presume ; 
 
 Lo previen, mia vendetta, e qui di sangue — 
 
 Sangue Romano — scon-eran torrenti ! 
 [Si appressa all' ara, e batte tre voUe lo scudo d' 
 Irminsul. 
 Coro. [Di dentro.'] Squilla il bronzo del Dio ! 
 Clo. Cielo : che tenti ? 
 
 SCENA VII. — Accorono. da varie parti, Oroveso, i 
 Druidi, i Bardi, e le Muustre. — A poco a poco il 
 Tempio si riempie d' armati. — Norma si colloca sulV 
 Altare. 
 Ore. Norma, che fu ? Percosso 
 
 Lo scudo d' Irminsul, quali alia terra 
 
 Deere ti, intima ? 
 Nor. Guerra ! strage ! sterminio ! 
 Oro. E a noi pur dianzi pace 
 
 S' imponea pel tuo labbro ? 
 Nor. Ed ira adcsso— 
 
 Armi, furore, e morti ! 
 
 H cantico di guerra alzate, o forti — 
 
 Guerra, gueiTa ! Le GaUiche selve 
 
 Quante ban quercie producou guerrier. 
 
 Qual 8ui greggi fameiiche belve, 
 
 Sui Romani van essi a cader. 
 
 Sangue ! sangue ! le Galliche scuri 
 
 Fino al tronco bagnate ne son, 
 
 Sovra i flutti del Liguri impuri, 
 
 Ei gorgogKa, con funebre. suon. 
 
 Strage ! strage ! sterminio, vendetta ! 
 
 Gia comincia, si conipie, si affretta. 
 
 Come biade da falci mietute. 
 
 Son di Roma le schiere cadute ; 
 
 Troncbi i vanni, recisi gli artigli, 
 
 Abbattuta ecco 1' aquila <il suol ! 
 
 A mirar il trionfo dei figli, 
 
 Viene il Dio sovi-a un raggio di sol. 
 Oro. Ne compi il rito, o Norma ? 
 
 Ne la vittima accenni ? 
 Nor. Ella fia pronta. 
 
 Non mai 1' altar tremendo 
 
 Di vittime manco. — Ma quel tumulto ? 
 
 SCENA VIII.— Clotilde, /re«i7osa, e dciti. 
 
 Clo. Al nostro tempio insulto 
 
 Fece un Romano : nella sacra chiostra 
 Delle vergini alunne egli fu colto. 
 
 Tutti. Un Romano ? 
 
 Not. {Che ascolto ? 
 
 Se mai foss' egli ?] 
 
 Tutti A noi vien tratto ! 
 
 Nor. (E desso i 
 
 SCENA IX.— PoLLiONE,/j-a Soldati e detti. 
 Oro. E Pollione! 
 
 Nor. (Son vendlcata adesso !) 
 
 Oro, Sacrilego neniico I e chi ti spinse 
 
 A violar queste temute soglie ? — 
 
 A sfidar 1' ii-a d' Ii-minsul ? 
 
 Clo. Sbe has resought the temple, 
 
 Sorrow-stricken, earnestly imploriag 
 To offer up her vows. 
 
 Nor. And he ? 
 
 Clo. And he swears 
 
 To force her e'en from the altar of her God ! 
 
 Nor- Too much, foul traitor, he presumes ; 
 
 Forestall'd by my vengeance, seas of blood — 
 Of Roman blood — shaU liow forth iu torrents 1 
 [She approaches the Altar, aiid thrice strikes the 
 shield of Irminsul. 
 
 Cho. [Within.'] The sacred shield has sounded I 
 
 Clo. Heavens 1 what dar'st thou ? 
 
 SCENE VII. — Enter hastily, from various sides, 
 
 Oroveso, Dmid^, Bards, and officiating Priestesses. 
 
 — By little and little the Temple becovies filled with 
 
 armed Men. — Norma takes her place on the Altar. 
 
 Oro. Norma, why summon us ? That dread sound, 
 
 The shield of Irminsul. what, to this earth 
 
 Decreeing, does it intinuitc? 
 Noi\ War! carnage! extermination! 
 Oro. And yet but lately was peace 
 
 Impos'd by tliine own lips ? 
 Nor. "Wrath now I'd wake — 
 
 Arms, fury, exterminating death ! 
 
 Qnick, let the song of war rise loudly — 
 
 War to the steel ! The Gallic forests 
 
 Shall, mimerousastheiroaks. produce wamors. 
 
 As on our tlocks rush famish'd beasts of prey. 
 
 So we the Romans will o'erpower, destroy. 
 
 Blood : blood ! the Gallic battle-axes 
 
 Shall cut them off for ever. 
 
 And the dark waters of the foul Liguri, 
 
 Flowing o'er them, sound their dirge. 
 
 Slaughter ! extermination ! vengeance ! 
 
 Commence, and hasten to complete. 
 
 Like ripen'd corn beneath the sickle 
 
 Shall the Roman forces fall ; 
 
 Clipp'd the proud wings, and cut the talons, 
 
 O'erthrown on the earth shall the eagle lie ! 
 
 To triumph in his children's triumph, 
 
 Will come oui- God, radiant as the sun. 
 Oro. Do'st thounot consummate the rite, oh Norma? 
 
 Nor yet point out the victim ? 
 Nor. The victim is ready. 
 
 Never, did this dread altar 
 
 Its victim lack. — But say, why this tumult ? 
 
 SCEIVT] VIIL— Clotilde, hastily, and the same. 
 
 Clo. Our temple has been insulted 
 
 By a Roman : in the sacred cloister 
 
 Of our noviciate virgins was he surpris'd. 
 
 All. A Roman ? 
 
 Nor. (What do I hear? 
 
 Shoidditbehe.P) 
 
 All. To us he's dragg'd ! 
 
 Nor. (It is !) 
 
 SCENE IX.— Enter PoLLio, conducted by Soldiers 
 
 Oro. PoUio ! 
 
 Nor. _ (This moment avenges me !) 
 
 Oro. Sacreligious foe ! what demon urg'd thee 
 
 To %dolate our calm secluded shrine ? — 
 
 Defy the wi-ath oJ' Ii-minsul ? 
 
Pol. 
 
 Ferisci ! 
 
 Ma non interroganni. 
 S'or iSveUindogi.] lo furir deggio ! 
 
 Scostatovi I 
 Pol. Chi vogifio ?— 
 
 Norma ! • 
 
 A'or. S\, Norma ! 
 
 TuUi. n sacro form impu_i,'na ! 
 
 Vemlicn il tompio e il Dio. 
 A'or. [Prende il Pugmde dalle viimi di OrovciO.] 
 
 SV feriuiuo :— Ah I [Si arresta. 
 
 Tuiti. Tu trcnii ! 
 
 Ifor. (.Ah I uou poss" io I) 
 
 Oro. Che fia ! porolio t' arn-sti ? 
 Nor. (Poss 'io soutir pieta !) 
 Coro. Ferisci I 
 
 Nor. Io deggio 
 
 liitorrogarlo, investi^r qual sia — 
 
 L' iiisiiiiata, o comphce ministra— 
 
 Che il profan persuasc a fallo estroino. 
 
 Ite per poco. 
 
 NORMA.. 
 
 \Pol. 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. \ 
 Coro.y 
 
 Che far pensa P 
 
 Pol. (Io tromo !) 
 
 [Orovcso e il Coro si ritirano. — II Tempio rimane 
 sgombro. 
 
 SCENA X.— Norma e Pollione. 
 
 Nor. lu mia inano alfin tu sei ; 
 
 Niun potria spezzur tuoi nodi : 
 
 Io lo posso ! 
 Pol. Tu !— nol dei. 
 
 Nor. Io io voglio. 
 Pol. Come ? 
 
 Nor. M' odi : — 
 
 P<J tuo Dio, po' figli tuoi, 
 
 Giurai- doi. che d" ora in poi, 
 
 Adalgisa tugtjirai. 
 
 Air dtar Hon la torrai: 
 
 E 1* vita t i perdono. 
 
 E non piu ti rivedi'o. 
 
 Giura! 
 Pol. No ; 81 vil non sono. 
 
 Nor. Giura! giura! 
 Pol. Ah ! pi-ia morro. 
 
 Nor. Non sai tu. che il niiu fui'ore 
 
 Passa U tuo 'f 
 Pol. Ch' ei piombi attendo. 
 
 Nor. Non sai tu che ai figh in core 
 
 Queato forro 
 
 Pol. O. Dio! che iutondo? 
 
 Nor. SI, sovr' cssi alzai la puuta — 
 
 Vedi, vedi, a che son giunta! 
 
 Non ferii : ma tosto— adesso, 
 
 Consumar poss' io 1' eccesso ! 
 
 Un' iatante, e d' es.sor madre, 
 
 Mi poss' io dimenticar. 
 Pol. Ah, crudele 1 — In son del padre 
 
 n pugnal tu dei ■vnbrar : 
 
 A me il porgi. 
 Nor. A to ! 
 
 Pol. Che spento 
 
 Cada io solo. 
 Nor. Sf>\o ! Tutti— 
 
 I Romani — a ccntxj a cento — 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 All. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 All. 
 Nor. 
 Oro. 
 
 m.r. 
 
 Cho. 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. 
 Cho. 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 Pol. 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Noi\ 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Strike I 
 But do not question me. 
 [Discoverlna Jieraelf.] The blow be mine 1 
 
 Draw bacK ! 
 
 Whom do I see ? — 
 Norma! 
 
 Yes, Norma! 
 
 The sacred weapon wield! 
 Vindicate at once thy God and temple. 
 [2'aking the Sword from Oroveso's hand.'] 
 Yes, let me strike ! — Ah ! [She hesitates. 
 
 Thou tremblest ! 
 
 (Ah! I cannot!) 
 What moans this ? what now stays thee? 
 (Can I, then, pity feel !) 
 
 Strike ! 
 
 I must 
 
 Interrogate, find out who aided him — 
 What deceitful priestess prompted 
 Tliis most profane one to a crime so dire. 
 Withdi-aw awhile. 
 
 [ What means aU this P 
 
 (I tremble !) 
 [Exeunt Oroveso and Chorus. — Hie Temple u 
 cleared. 
 
 SCENE X.— NoKMA and Pollio. 
 
 To my hands consign'd at length thou art ; 
 No one is able now to break thy bonds : 
 I only can ! 
 
 Thou ! but thou must not. 
 I have the will. 
 
 How? 
 
 Hear me : — 
 By thy God, and by thy helpless children, 
 Swear, that from this hour, for ever 
 Thou wilt from' Adalgisa fly, 
 Nor fi-om our altar bear her off: 
 Then I wiE grant thy forfeit life. 
 And never see thee more. 
 Swear ! 
 
 Never ! — No ; so vile I am not. 
 Swear! swear! 
 
 Ah ! sooner will I die. 
 Know-st thou not the fury of my purpose 
 Is greater far than thine ? 
 
 Let it descend. 
 And that in thy children's hearts 
 
 This dagger 
 
 Oh Gods ! what do I hear ? 
 Yes, o'er them I've already rais'd its point- 
 See, see, to what extreme theu'st driven me ! 
 I struck not then; but soon — instantly, 
 I'll consummate my fearful, wild excess ! 
 A moment, and that I am a mother, 
 I will wash out all memory of. 
 Ah, cruel ! — In the bosom of the father 
 More justly should it be plung'd: 
 To me, then, deal it. 
 
 To thee ! 
 
 That I 
 Alone may perish. 
 
 Alone ! Nay, all — 
 The Romans — hundreds upon hundreds — 
 
NOEMA. 
 
 23 
 
 Kan mietuti, fian distrutti; 
 
 E Adalgisa 
 
 Pol. Ahime ! 
 
 Nor. Infedelft 
 
 A' suoi voti ! 
 Fol. Ebben, crudele! 
 
 Nor. Adalgisa fia punita ; 
 
 Nelie fiamme perira. 
 Pol. Oh, ti preiuli la mia vita ! 
 
 lla di lei, di lei pieta ! 
 Nor. Preghi alfine? — Indegno, e tardi: 
 
 Nel suo cor ti vo' ferire ! 
 
 Gia mi pasco ne' tuoi sgaardi 
 
 Del tuo duol, del sue morire ! 
 
 Posso alfine, e voglio farti 
 
 Infelice al par di me ! 
 Pol. Ab ! t' appagbi il mio terrore I 
 
 Al tuo pie s<)n io piangente : 
 
 In me sfoga il tuo furore, 
 
 Ma risparmia vm' innocente ! 
 
 Basti, ab ! basti a vendicarti 
 
 Cb' io mi sveni innanzi a te. 
 
 Dammi quel ferro. 
 Nor. Sorgi : 
 
 Scostati. 
 Pol. ^ n ferro ! il ferro ! 
 
 Nor. Ola ! ministri, sacerdoti, accorrete ! 
 
 SCENA VLTIMA.—Ritornano Oroveso, i Druidi 
 i Bardi, e i Gucrrieri. 
 
 Nor. Al' ira vostra 
 
 Nuova vittima io svelo : una spei-giura 
 Sacerdotessa i sacri voti infranse, 
 Tradi la patria, il Dio degli avi offese. 
 
 Tutti. O, delitto ! O, furor ! ne sia palese. 
 
 Nor. Si, preparate il rogo ! 
 
 Pel. O I ancor, ti prego, 
 
 Norma, pieta ! 
 
 Tutti. Ne svela il nome ? 
 
 Nor. (Io, rea, 
 
 L' innocente accusar del fallo mio ?) 
 
 Tutti. Parla, cbi c dessa ? 
 
 Pol. Ab, non Io dir ! 
 
 Nor. Son io ! 
 
 Oro. Tu, Norma ? 
 
 Nor. Io, steaaa ! II rogo ergete. 
 
 Tutti. D' orrore io gelo ! 
 
 Pol. (Mi manca il cor !) 
 
 Tutti. Tu delinquente ! 
 
 Pol. Non le credete '- 
 
 Nor. Norm?- non meuLe. 
 
 Oro. O! mio rossor! 
 
 Sball fall, in one wide destruction; 
 
 And Adalgisa 
 
 Pol. Ab me, alas ! 
 
 Nor. The trait'ress 
 
 To our altar's vows ! 
 Pol. Passionate cruelty 1 
 
 Nor. Adalgisa sball suffer due punisbment; 
 
 In torturing dames unpitied perish. 
 Pol. Ob, rather take my life ! 
 
 But upon her, on her have pity ! 
 Nor. Base prayers at last ? — 'tis too late : 
 
 Through ber's thy heart I'U strike ! 
 
 My pasturage sbaJl be tby guilty soul — 
 
 Shall be thy anguish, her righteous deatk ! 
 
 I can at last, and will, make thee 
 
 As wretched as myself! 
 Pol. Ab ! content thee with my terror ! 
 
 At tby feet see me lonely weeping : 
 
 On mo expend the fury of tby angsr, 
 
 But oh, spare thou the innocent ! 
 
 Enough, ah ! enough in vindication 
 
 That I fall Ufelessly before thee. 
 
 Give me the dagger. 
 Nor. Arise ! 
 
 Begone. 
 Pol. The dagger ! the dagger ! 
 
 Nor. Ho ! ministers, priests, hither hasten ! 
 
 SCENE THE TuAST.— Re-enter Oeoveso, DrmaU, 
 Bards, and Warriors. 
 
 Nor. To your righteous wrath 
 
 I a new victim will reveal : a perj ur'd 
 Priestess, who her sacred vows has broken, 
 Betrav'd her land, her father's God offended. 
 
 All. Horriole crime ! Oh, fury ! make her known. 
 
 Nor. Yes, prepare the pile ! 
 
 Pol. Again I pray thee, 
 
 Norma, have pity ! 
 
 All. Her name ? 
 
 Nor. (I, the misdoer, 
 
 The innocent accuse, and of my crime ?) 
 
 All. Speak, who is she ? 
 
 Pol. Oh, do not sa/ ! 
 
 Nor. 'TisI! 
 
 Oro. Thou, Norma ? 
 
 Nor. I, myself! The pile make ready. 
 
 All. With horror we are chill'd I 
 
 Pol. (My faiUng heart!) 
 
 All. Thou an offender ! 
 
 Pel. Oh, do not believe it I 
 
 Nor. Norma hath never lied. 
 
 Oro. Oh ! what ligony ! 
 
 QUAL COB TBADISTI—TBB HEART THOU'ST SLIGHTED. Duet. Noema and Pollio. 
 nAndante. Norma. 
 
 Qual cor tra - di • sti, Qual cor per - de - sti, QuesVora or - ren - da, Ti ma - ni- 
 The heart thou'st slight - ed, The heart thou'st blight - ed, Now lost, be-nigbt-ed, This dread hour 
 
 shows 
 
 sti; — Da 7ne fug 
 thee ; — 'Twere vain to 
 
 Cru - del Ro- 
 False Ro - man 
 
24 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 g^^mM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m 
 
 ma ' no, 
 .ligb me, 
 
 Un Nume, vn fa - to 
 A God, whose pow - er 
 
 Di te piu 
 Thou'st felt o'er- 
 
 7\i sex con me. 
 Thy love I chiim. 
 
 for - fa, Ci vuole u - ni - ti In vita e in mor - te, Sul ro-go i - 
 
 tow - er, Rules this dark hour. . . Comes to op - pose thee. This fate de- 
 
 ==3- — ^ 
 
 gffff . ao_ Che mi di - vo - ra. Sot - ier • ra an - co - ra, 8a - ro con 
 
 (jree . ing — That still our be - ing, In life and death a - like, We share the 
 
 _ POLLIONK. 1^ w _ 
 
 \f 
 
 Ah,! trap -po tar - di, Tho co - no - sciu - ta, Su - bli ■ me don 
 
 Too lato the plight - ed, In love u - ni - ted. The lost, the slight - ed, 
 
 Norma. 
 
 MElB^^MM^^m 
 
 m=m^^s^^^^^ 
 
 ra-j 
 
 Qiuil cor, qual cor tra - di - sti. 
 The heart, the heai-t thou'st slighted. 
 
 Qual CO - re, 
 The heart, 
 
 Qual 
 The 
 
 d 
 
 Jo t'hoper • du - ta — 
 I find a - bove me ; — 
 
 Col mio ri - mor - so Eamor ri - na - to, Pih di - . ^ 
 Re-morse o'er - tak-ing A heart that's breaking, New love a 
 
 I 
 
 S=[:f3iF^ 
 
 — 1 — 
 
 cor . 
 heart, 
 
 The 
 
 cor 
 heart. 
 
 
 ra - to, 
 wak - ing. 
 
 Fu • rente 
 I feel 
 
 gli 
 
 
 :f=5-] 
 
 for thee. 
 
 1- %=^=^-' 
 
 Moriamo in - sie • me, Ah, si, m,o- 
 To - ge-ther dy - ing, Life's la - test 
 
 QuesV ora or ■ ren - da. 
 Now lost, be-night-ed. 
 
 ;i.*^^liH^Mip^sS^il^»pi?M^ 
 
 na 
 sigh 
 
 ^fe 
 
 mo : L'estremx), ac - cen -to sa - ra ch'io Ca - mo ; — Ma iu mo- 
 ing Shall mur-mur, dy - ing, I love, I love but thee ; — Then when life's 
 
 «- • 
 
 ren - do, Non m'abbor - ri - re. Pria di mo - ri - re. Per - do -naa me. 
 wan -ing. Breathe no com-plain-ing, At my dis - dain - ing, But par -don me. 
 
 ±=3^ 
 
NORMA. 
 
 Oro. 
 Coro 
 
 Ch-o. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Pol. 
 
 Coro. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. 
 
 Coro. 
 Nor. 
 Oro. 
 No.. 
 Oro. 
 Nor. 
 Oro. 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 ") O, in te ritorna, ci rassicuva ! 
 ) Canuto padre te ne scongiura : 
 
 Di che delii-i, di che tu menti, 
 
 Clie stolti accenti uscir da te. 
 
 II Dio severe che qui t' intende 
 
 Se stassi muto, se il tuon sospende, 
 
 Indizio e questo, indizio espresso 
 
 Che tanto eccesso pvmir non de', 
 
 Norma ! deh, Nomia ! scolpati ! 
 
 Taci ! ne ascolta appena ? 
 
 Cielo e i miti figli ! 
 [Scuotendosi con un grido.'] Alii ! miseri ! 
 [Volgendosi a Pollione.] I nostri figli ! 
 
 O pena ! 
 
 Noiina, sei rea ? 
 [Disperatamente.'\ Si, rea! 
 
 Oltre ogni umana idea ! 
 
 > Empia ! 
 
 Tu m' odi ! 
 
 Scostati ! 
 Deh m' odi ! 
 
 O, mio dolor ! 
 [Piano ad Oroveso.'\ Son madre ! 
 
 Madre! 
 
 Acquetati ! 
 Clotilde ha i figli miei : 
 Tu U raccogli — e ai barbari 
 L' iuvola insiem con lei. 
 Giammai! giammai! Va — lascianii ! 
 Ah, padre! un priego ancor! [S' inginoc. 
 
 Oro. 
 Cho. 
 
 Oro. 
 
 N(yr. 
 Pol. 
 
 Nor. 
 Pol. 
 Cho. 
 
 Nor. 
 
 Oro. 
 Cho. 
 
 Nor. 
 Oro. 
 Nar. 
 Oro. 
 Nor. 
 Oro. 
 N(yr. 
 
 Oro. 
 N(yr. 
 
 25 
 
 ") Oh, to thyself return, and reassure us ! 
 j The gray hairs of a father supplicate thee : 
 
 Say 'twas delirium, and spoken falsely ; 
 
 That senseless words fell idly fi-om thee. 
 
 The God severe, who heard thee, 
 
 Remaining silent, his thunder suspending, 
 
 Indicates clearly, indicates expressly, 
 
 That thus he pardon doth proclaim. 
 
 Norma! oh. Norma ! vindicate thyself ! 
 
 Silent ! what does this portend ? 
 
 Heaven and my children ! 
 [With great emotion.] Alas ! most miserable ! 
 iTurning to Pollio.'] Our hapless children ! 
 
 Unutterable anguish 1 
 
 Norma, art thou guUty ? 
 [ With desjjeration.J Yes, guilty ! 
 
 Beyond all mortal thought ! 
 
 > Impious ! 
 
 Oh, hear me ! 
 
 Hear me a moment ! 
 
 Away ! 
 
 Oh, endless sorrow! 
 [In a low voice to Oroveso.] I am a mother ! 
 A mother ! 
 
 Soft, be calm ! 
 Clotilde has my children : 
 Do thou receive them — Irom bai-barians 
 Protect alike both them and her. 
 Never ! never ! Leave me — away ! 
 Ah, father ! one prayer more ! [Kn.eelvng.t 
 
 DK11 1 NON VOLERLI VITTIME—OH ! LET THEM NOT BE THE VICTIMS. Am. Nobma. 
 
 Sii^gHp 
 
 Deh ! non tron - car 
 Oh! wi - ther not 
 
 Queir in - no - cen - te e - ta. 
 Such fair and in - no - cent flow'rs 
 
 bi di lor pie 
 
 it, pi I- ty be - 
 
 Pen • - sa che son tuo san 
 Through them thy blood is flow 
 
 >i- 
 
 tug — Spare 
 .31 
 
 stow - - ingi Ah! 
 3 3_v^ 
 
 '^^^^m^m^^^^^^m^ 
 
 pa 
 fa 
 
 dre! 
 
 ther! 
 
 ab - bi di lor, 
 pi - ty be - stow, 
 
 l(yr 
 
 jie - ta, 
 )e - stow, 
 
 ab - bi di 
 pi - - ty be- 
 
 ig|iiii^iiip=gip^|^zr^i 
 
 lor, di lor pie - ta, 
 
 stow, pi - ty be 
 
 ab - bi di lor, di lor pie - td,. 
 
 stow, . . . Spare thou them, pi-ty be - stow. 
 
Qro_ Opprosso i il core. 
 
 Nor. Piangi, e perdouu ! 
 Qro. IIii vinto aniore! 
 
 Nor. Ah ! tu pi-rduui — quel piaiito il dice. 
 Pol. \ lo pill iu>u chiodo— lo uou fc-lice. 
 
 ■ ' CouU'Ut" il rogo, U8cender6. 
 Oro. Ah 1 cuusohirmene— luai non jpotr6. 
 Coro. Piiintfi'. piv^'U, che m:u spei-a p 
 
 (ju'i ivapinUi i- la pri-jj^hiera. 
 
 IjO bi 8iM>j,'li iJ crin ilcl sorto : 
 
 Sia copt'iut, di 8iiu;dlor! 
 [I Druidi copnmo d' un Velo nero la Sacerdotessa. 
 
 Viuine ol rogo I Ed il tuo acompio 
 
 Purglii r axa, e lavi il tempio. 
 
 M;ilcdetUi air idtiin' ora ! 
 
 Alaledutta OBtiuta aucor ! 
 Oro. Ya, iufolice ! 
 
 Nor. [Jncinnmimindoai.] l\adre. addio! 
 PoL 11 tuo rogo, o Norma 1 e il mio. 
 Nor. \ Lii piu puro, la piii cianto, 
 PoZ. J lucouiiiicia eterno amor! 
 Jro. Sg<>ij,M aliin— prorompi, o pianto! 
 
 Stii pci'mcseu a uii jfcmtor. 
 
 NORMA. 
 
 Oro. Oppreas'd I feel my heart. 
 
 Nor. Weep, and pardon me ! 
 
 Oro. Tliou'st conquor'd, lore ! 
 
 Nor. Ah ! thou pardon'st me —those tears betipeak it. 
 Pol. 1 No more I ask — I now am bless'd ! 
 Nor. J Contented, we'll the fatal pile ascend. 
 Oro. What can console me — what give me rest ? 
 Cho. Tears, prayers, what hope has she aught can 
 befriend ? 
 
 Rejected here shall be hor prayers. 
 
 Tear off the Avreath her brow now wears, 
 
 And shroud it with the hue of death I 
 
 [I'he Druids throw a hlnck Veil over Norma. 
 
 Hence to the pile ! May her last bi-eath 
 
 Psicify our altar, and our temple. 
 
 Malediction wait her final hour ! 
 
 Malediction after life have power ! 
 Oro. Go, unhappy one ! 
 
 Nor. [Going to the pile. ^ Father, fare-thee-well ! 
 Pol. Thy funeral pyre, oh Norma! shall be mine 
 Nor,. \ There more pure, more bless'd above, 
 Pol. J Shall commence eternal love ! 
 Oro. Gush out at laat — break forth, oh tears ! 
 
 Nature permits thee to a suffeiing father. 
 
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 Have boconio thi« /("'<"*''<' Inslriiments of tlie Artistic World, and are endorsed by 
 I'vi-ry IMusical Autliority as the 
 
 BEST PIANOS NOW MANUFACTURED, 
 
 Their special adaptation to the human voice has induced every celebrated singer to use them 
 in jyreference to any other, amongst them : 
 
 PAOLINA ROSSINI, 
 ETELKA GERSTER-CARDINI, 
 CHRISTINE NILSSON. 
 CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. 
 MILE. ALBANI, 
 CARLOTTA PATH. 
 ILMA DI MURSKA, 
 MRS CHARLES MOULTON. 
 PAULINE LUCCA, 
 EMMA ABBOTT, 
 SIGNOR DEL PUENTE. 
 SIGNOR CAMPANINL 
 
 AMONGST THE 
 
 Mme. TERESA CARRENO, 
 Mme. JULIA RIVE-KING, 
 ILONKA DE REVASZ, 
 S. B. MILLS, 
 MME. SCHILLER, 
 
 Mlle, theo, 
 Mlle, derivis, 
 
 SIGNOR CAPOUL, 
 MLLE. FILOMENA SAVIO, 
 MME. HARRIS ZAGURY, 
 S.GNOR LUIGI ARDITI, 
 SIGNOR MIERZWINSKI, 
 SIGNOR GALASSL 
 SIGNOR CLODIO, 
 SIGNOR RONCONI, 
 SIGNOR TOMASO COSTA, 
 
 AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. 
 
 MUSICIANS AND PIANISTS ; 
 
 MISS ALIDE TOPP, 
 JAMES M. WEHLI, 
 JOHANN STRAUSS, 
 MAX MARETZEK. 
 
 V/AREROOMS: 
 Fifth Avenue and West 16th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
u 
 
 WEBER 
 
 PP 
 
 OF NE^\^ YORK, 
 
 Receives tlie Highest Award 
 
 AT THE 
 
 CENTENNIAL. 
 
 FOR 
 
 "SYMPATHETIC, PURE, and RICH TOXE, coiiiMiied with 
 Greatest Power, as shown in three styles, GRAND, SQUARE, 
 and UPRIGHT PIANOS, which show inteHigence and solid- 
 ity in their construction, a Pliant and Easy Touch, which 
 at the same time answers promptly to its requirements, 
 together with EXCELLENCE OF WORKMANSHIP." 
 
 It is the sympathetic and rich quaUty of tone which has made the Weber Piano the 
 favorite of every singer as well as the public. It is these special qualities which, combined 
 with purity and greatest power, in a voice makes the greatest singer, and which, in an instru- 
 ment, make it the superior of its competitors. Purity, power, and duration are but cold expo- 
 nents of mechanical excellence. Add to these qualities — as the judges say are contained in the 
 Weber— sympathy and richness of tone, and you breathe into it warmth and life, and have the 
 Tie plus ultra of a piano. 
 
 This Weber has done at the Centennial; and when the judges commend his instruments 
 also for their solidity of construction and excellence of workmanship, they tell the public that the 
 
 ffekr Piai is le Best in tie fforlil ! 
 
 V^AREROOMS: 
 Fifth Avenue and West 16th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
"WEBER." 
 
 THE 
 
 Opinions of tlie most Distinpished Artists. 
 
 NILSSON. 
 
 Windsor Hotel, May 5th, 1874. 
 Mr. a. "Weber : 
 
 Dear Sir— Please accept my best thanks for the magnificent Grand Piano that you sent me 
 during my stay in New York. It is hardly necessary to say that it satisfied nie in all respects, and 
 I shall take every opportunity to recommend and praise your instruments to all my friends. 
 
 Believe me, dear sir, j^ours truly, 
 
 CHRISTINE NILSSON-ROUZAUD. 
 
 KELLOGG. 
 
 Clarehurst, Cold Spring, June 23d, 1874. 
 Dear Mr. Weber : 
 
 For the last six years your pianos have been vitj choice for the concert--oom .ind my own 
 house, where one of your splendid Parlor Grands novv stands. I have praieed and ri'commendcd 
 them to all my friends, and shall continue to do so, for it seems to me your instruments are becom- 
 ing better every year. Very truly yours, CLARA LOUISA KELLOGG. 
 
 LUCCA. 
 
 New York, Nov. 26th, 1873. 
 Dear Mr. Weber : 
 
 Let me kindly thank you for the Upright Piano which I u«;ed all summer in Kinejston. nnd 
 before that in the city, since my arrival in America. Your Upright Pianos are extraordinary 
 instruments. They have an astonishing fullness and wealth of tone which adapts them well to the 
 voice. The action I find charming, and this one surprises me by hardly ever needing the tuner. 
 Your instruments fully deserve the great success which they have attained. 
 
 _______„___,_____. PAULINE LUCCA. 
 
 PATTL 
 
 Clarendon Hotel, April 3d, 1873. 
 Albert Weber, Esq. s 
 
 I must thank you for the Very excellent instrument which accompanied us through our late 
 concert tour. Exposed to an unusually severe winter and extraordinary changes of temperature, 
 still your piano was ever ready, and caused myself and tlie troupe continued pleasure. The dura- 
 bilitij and extraordinary power of the Weber Piano, allied to such a Invely qnaUty, astonished us, 
 and will ever prove a theme Of wonder to all of us. In the numerous concert tours witii which I 
 have been associated I have used the pianos of every celebrated maker, but give yoia's the prefer' 
 ence over all. Accept my best wishes. CARLOTTA PATTI. 
 
 V7A RE ROOMS: 
 Fifth Avenue and West 16th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
nt WW IJ* O iP U ^^ 
 
 ITALY'S REPRESENTATIVE MUSICIANS AND 
 CRITICS ON WEBER PIANOS, 
 
 E, FaCCIO, Grand Director of the Music and Conductor, '^ La 
 Scala," to Campanini : 
 
 Milan, September 18, 1879, .■ 
 
 Mt Dear Campaxini: 
 
 I have seen and examined tlie Supetb Grand PianO you have just purchased from 
 Weber, New York, which, for beauty and robustness of tone, as well as for elegance 
 of design, is truly remarkable, and must be classed among the foremost pianos of our 
 day. Present my compliments to Mr. Weber for his admirable work, and you I congratulate 
 on your enviable acquisition, 
 
 E. FACCIO. 
 
 * G, Lucca, the eminent musical critic and publisher to Cam- 
 
 panini : 
 
 Milan, September 24, 1878. 
 Esteemed Eriend Campanini; 
 
 I have seen your magnificent Grand Piano from Weber of New York, which you have 
 lately purchased, and congratulate you on the possession of such a splendid instrument. 
 Please tell Mr. Weber 1 have found his piano superior even to my high expecta- 
 tions, and as soon as I have room for one in my housej will be glad to give an order 
 for a similar one- 
 
 With kind regards, yours, 
 
 G. LUCCA. 
 
 V^AREROOMS: 
 Fifth Avenue and West I6th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
"WEBER" 
 
 KKCEIVED THE 
 
 HIGHEST A^A^ARD 
 
 AT THE 
 
 CEHsTTEIlSrisriJLIj, 
 
 FOR HIS 
 
 World Renowned Piano-Fortes. 
 
 AS SHOWN BY THE FIGURES OF THE JUDGES, WHICH WERE THE 
 
 FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF ALL AWARDS. 
 
 Her Majesty's Opera Company, of London, to WEBER. 
 
 New York, December 28, 1878. 
 A. Weber, Esq. — Dear Sir : The following artists of Her Majesty's (Colonel Mapleson's) Opera Com, 
 pany, who have used only your, the Weber, pianos for their private use during their stay in New York 
 City, while tendering their thanks for your kindness, deem it their duty to say that for Pure a~'l 
 Sympathetic Richness of Tone, coupled with greatest power and singing quality, they know of no piano 
 whicli equals yours. Certainly for sustaining the voice already formed, or for the purpose of cultivating 
 it, the Weber Piano is superior to any instrument known to us. 
 
 ETELKA GERSTER-GARDINI. } MARIE ROZE-MAPLESON, 
 
 CLAR. CAMPOBELLO-SINICO, ENRICO CAMPOBELLO, 
 
 CARMEN PISANI, EMILIA PARODI, MARIE LIDO, 
 
 ITALO CAMPANINI, F. LABLACHE, LUIGI ARDITI, 
 
 ANTO I. GALASSI, F. FRAPOPLI, DEL PUENTE, 
 
 HENRY PYATT, FRANK DE RIAL?, F. FRANCESHI, 
 
 G. THIERRY, GENNARO BISACCIA. 
 
 Recognized beyond controversy as the Standard for Excellence in every particular, because of the: 
 
 SYMPATHETIC, PURE, AND RICH TONE, 
 
 COMBINED WITH GREATEST POWER. 
 
 WARE ROOMS: 
 Fifth Avenue and W^est 16th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 

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