English: Mascagni - Iris - Iris' father curses her
Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University
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(In German))egurola (/n //a/ion)L„iniBy Giulio Rossi, Bassl*33404 12-inch, $1.25 10-inch, 1.00 45051 10-inch, 1.00 10-inch, .75 * Double-Faced Record—See above list. 215
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COPYT WHITE IRIS FATHER CURSES HER IRIS (Ee-ris) OPERA IN THREE ACTS Text by Luigi Illica ; music by Pietro Mascagni. First production, Costanzi Theatre,Rome, November 22, 1898. Revised by the composer and produced at La Scala, Milan,January, 1899. First American production, Philadelphia, October 14, 1902, during the tourof Mascagnis own company. Two days later New York heard the same organization givethe opera, but the production by the Metropolitan Opera Company did not occur until 1908,with a cast including Caruso, Eames, Scotti and Journet. Revived April 3, 1915, with Bori,Scotti and Botta. Characters ClECO, the blind man Bass IRIS, his daughter Soprano OSAKA Tenor KYOTO, a takiomati Baritone Ragpickers, Shopkeeper, Geishas, Mousme (laundry girls), Citizens,Strolling Players. In Greek mythology Iris (literally Rainbow) was the Goddess of the Rainbow, andand as such was the Messenger of Peace to all the inhabitants of the earth. Illica has named his Japanese heroine after this Gree
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