Rustic Chivalry (Cavalleria Rusticana): Melodrama in One Act
SCENE IX.
CHORUS AND BRINDISI.
(The people enter from the church. Lucia crosses and enters the inn.)
_Chorus of men._
(sotto voce.)
Now homeward, now homeward ye neighbors, Good cheer is awaiting there; And wives our joy will share, Now Easter day shall be for all a time of rest, Without sorrow or care.
_Chorus of women._
(Lola and Turiddu come from the church.)
_Turiddu._ My pretty Lola! Have you not a greeting, When honest people we are meeting?
_Lola._ I must leave thee. I must go and welcome Alfio!
_Turiddu._ Here he will seek thee. Do not hasten! (To the people.) Meanwhile, good friends, come hither. (All come forward.) We'll try the merry wine!
(All take cups from the bar of the inn.)
_Chorus._ Welcome!
_Turiddu._
(To Lola.)
To those who love you!
(Drinks.)
_Chorus._ Drink it!
_Lola._
(To Turiddu.)
May fortune give you favor!
(Drinks.)
_Chorus._ Drink it!
_Turiddu._ We will!
_Chorus._ Welcome! and drink!
(All drink.)
Come, let us drink another!
_All._ Come, drink; yes, let us drink another! Hail! the ruby wine now flowing, etc.
TURIDDU. Hail! the ru-by wine now flow-ing, Bright-ly in the cup now show-ing, Mer-ry spell up-on you throw-ing, Like a smile from hap-py love Hail! the ru-by wine now flow-ing, Bright-ly in the cup now show-ing, Mer-ry spell around you throw-ing, Like the smile of hap-py love! Hail! ah, wine so rich-ly gleam-ing! In thy crim-son joy is beam-ing! All thy com-fort lend us, With thy cheer at-tend us--Hope and love! ... Hail! ah, wine so rich-ly gleam-ing! In thy crim-son joy is beam-ing! All thy com-fort lend us, With thy cheer at-tend us--Hope and love!
SCENA IX.
(Tutti escono di chiesa. Lucia attraversa la scena ed entra in casa. A gruppi sotto voce fra loro.)
_Coro._
(Uomini.)
A casa, a casa, amici, ove ci aspettano Le nostre donne, andiam, Or che letizia rasserena gli animi.
_Coro._
(Donne.)
A casa, a casa, amiche, ecc.
[Lola e Turiddu escono dalla chiesa.]
_Turiddu._ Comare Lola, ve ne andante via Senza nemmeno salutare?
_Lola._ Vado a casa; Non ho visto compar Alfio!
_Turiddu._ Non ci pensate, verrà in piazza.
(Rivolgendosi al Coro che s'avvia.)
Intanto, amici, qua, Beviamone un bicchiere.
(Tutti si avvicinano alla tavola dell' osteria e prendono in mano i bicchieri.)
_Coro._ Viva, beviam! Rinnovisi la giostra!
_Turiddu._
(A Lola.)
Ai vostri amori!
(Beve.)
_Lola._
(A Turiddu.)
Alla fortuna vostra!
(Beve.)
_Turiddu._ Beviam!
_Lola, Turiddu e Coro._ Beviam, beviam! rinnovisi la giostra!
TURIDDU. Vi-(va il) vi-no spu-meg-gian-te, nel bic-chie-re scin-til-lan-te Come il ri-so dell' A-man-te; mi-(te in)-fon-(de il) giu-bi-lo. vi-va il vi-no spu-meg-gian-te, nel bic-chie-re -scin-til-lan-te co(me-il) ri-so dell' a-man-te, mi-(te in)-fon-(de il) giu-bi-lo! Vi-(va il) vi-no ch'è sin-ce-ro che (ci al)-lie-ta o-gni pen-sie-ro, e (che af) fo-ga l'u-mor ne-ro nell' eb-brez-za ten-e-ra.... Vi(va il) vi-no ch'è sin-ce-ro che (ci al)-lie-ta o-gni pen-sie-ro, e (che af) fo-ga l'u-mor ne-ro nell' eb-brez-za ten-e-ra.
FINALE.
_Alfio._ Unto all of you, greeting!
_Chorus._ Neighbor Alfio, greeting!
_Turiddu._
(To Alfio.)
Hearty welcome! Now join with us in revel.
(Fills a glass for him.)
Look you! drink you this measure!
_Alfio._ Thank you! but I must refuse the offer! A cup of deadly poison perhaps you proffer!
_Turiddu._ Then suit your pleasure!
(Throws away the wine.)
_Lola._ Ah me! what now befalls!
(Some of the women consult together, and then approach Lola, saying:)
Neighbor Lola, come, haste away from here!
(Exit, all the women, with LOLA.)
_Turiddu._
(To Alfio.)
Perhaps you have something to tell me!
_Alfio._ I? nothing!
_Turiddu._ Then hear me! You will find me at your service!
_Alfio._ This moment?
_Turiddu._ This moment!
(They embrace, Turiddu bites Alfio's ear, viciously.)
_Alfio._ Neighbor Turiddu, you give a ready challenge! And I accept it! you understand me!
_Turiddu._ Neighbor Alfio! I own thou shouldst have vengeance, And I admit, in the name that is holy, That I should be dealt with as a dog, by thee! But, shouldst thou kill me--if I perish By thine arm--yes, if I perish,-- Unhappy Santa, she whom I have cherished-- Lone, unhappy Santa, my dagger Will embed within thy heart!
_Alfio._ Good neighbor, act upon it as may suit you! You will find me yonder in the orchard.
(Exit.)
_Turiddu._
(Calling.)
My mother!
(Enter LUCIA.)
Mother! the wine-cup too freely passes! Exciting, crazing! Too many cups I have been drinking! ----I must leave you, good mother!
But first let me ask for a kindly blessing, As on that day when I became a soldier. And, mother, hear me--and heed it: If I return not, thou unto my Santa Must be a kindly mother! Santa, whom I promised I would lead to the altar! --If I return--
_Lucia._ Why say you this to me? What is it? tell me!
_Turiddu._ Ha--nothing! 'Tis wine--that I have drunk so freely. --For me oh! pray to heaven, That I may be forgiven! One kiss, one kiss, my mother! And yet--and yet another! Farewell!
(Rushes off, desperately.)
_Lucia._ Turiddu! Ah!
(Retires to back of stage, crying.) (Enter, Santuzza.)
Santuzza!
_Santuzza._ Ah! good mother!
(Throws her arms around Lucia's neck.)
(People crowd upon the stage.)
(Excitement and agitation.)
(Enter a woman in the distance crying, "Neighbor Turiddu is murdered.")
(Several women hastily enter, terrified. One of them shrieks--)
"Neighbor Turiddu is murdered."
(All rush upon the stage.)
_All._ Ah!
(Santuzza falls; swooning. Lucia faints, and is supported by some of the women.)
THE CURTAIN FALLS RAPIDLY.
FINALE.
(Entra Alfio.)
_Alfio._ A voi tutti salute.
_Coro._ Compar Alfio, salute.
_Turiddu._ Benvenuto! con noi dovete bere,
(Empie un bicchiere.)
Ecco pieno è il bicchiere.
(Troncando.)
_Alfio._ Grazie, ma il vostro vino io non l'accetto, Diverrebbe veleno entro il mio petto!
_Turiddu._
(Parlato.)
A piacer vostro.
(Getto il vino.)
_Lola._ Ahimè che mai sarà?
(Alcune donne nel Coro si consigliano fra loro poi si av vicinano a Lola dicendole sotto voce.)
_Coro._ Comare Lola, andiamo via di qua.
(Tutte le donne escono conducendo Lola.)
_Turiddu._ Avete altro a dirmi?
_Alfio._ Io nulla.
_Turiddu._ Allota sono agli ordini vostri--
_Alfio._ Or ora?
_Turiddu._ Or ora!
(Si abbracciano. Turiddu morde l'orecchio destro di Alfio.)
_Alfio._ Compar Turiddu, a vete morso, a buono!
(Con intenzione.)
Cintenderemo bene a quel che pare!
_Turiddu._ Compar Alfio. Lo so che il torto è mio; E ve lo giuro nel nome di Dio Che al par d'un cane mi farei sgozzar-- Ma s'io non vivo,
(Dolorosamente.)
Resta abbandonata povera Santa! Lei che mi s'è data!
(Con impeto.)
Vi saprò in core il ferro mio piantar!
_Alfio._
(Freddamente.)
Compare fate come più vi piace, Io v'aspetto qui fuori dietro l'orto.
(Esce.)
_Turiddu._
(Chiamando.)
Mamma--
(Entra Lucia.)
Mamma--quel vino è generoso, E certo oggi troppi bicchier Ne ho traccannati-- Vado fuori all' aperto-- Ma prima voglio che mi benedite-- Come quel giorno che partii soldato: E poi mamma, Sentite, s'io non tornassi-- Voi dovrete fare da madre a Santa, Ch'io le avea giurato di condurla all' altare.
_Lucia._ Perchè parli cosi, figliolo mio?
_Turiddu._
(Con disinvoltura.)
Oh! nulla, è il vino che m'ha suggerito! M'ha suggerito il vino-- Per me pregate Iddio, Un bacio mamma! un altro bacio Addio!
(Fugge disperatamente.)
_Lucia._ Turiddu! che vuoi dire!
(Va in fondo alla scena a disperatamente chiama.)
Turiddu! Turiddu! ah!
(Entra Santuzza.)
Santuzza.
_Santuzza._ Oh! madre mia!
(Le getta le braccia al colla. La scena si popolo. L'agitazione si scorge sul volto di tutti. Che scambievolmente s'interrogano con terrore. Si ode un mormorio confuso da lontano. Una donna sola, assai lontano, gridando.)
Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu!
(Si sentono delle voci confuse più vicine. Alcune donne entrano atterrite correndo, ed una di esse grida disperatamente.)
Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu!
(Tutti si precipitano sulla scena.)
_Santuzza, Lucia e Coro._
(Gridando.)
Ah!
(Santuzza cade priva di sensi, Lucia sviene ed è sorretta dalle donne del Coro. Tutti restano atterriti.)
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Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, The _F._ _Jacques Offenbach_ *Hamlet _Ambroise Thomas_ Jewess, The _I._ _Jacques F. Halévy_ Königin von Saba (Queen of Sheba) _G._ _Karl Goldmark_ Lakmé _I._ _Léo Delibes_ Lily of Killarney, The _Sir Jules Benedict_ Linda di Chamounix _I._ _Gaetano Donizetti_ Lohengrin _G._ _Richard Wagner_ do. _I._ do. *Lovely Galatea, The _Franz von Suppé_ Lucia di Lammermoor _I._ _Gaetano Donizetti_ Lucrezia Borgia _I._ do. *Madame Favart _Jacques Offenbach_ Manon _F._ _Jules Massenet_ Maritana _Wm. Vincent Wallace_ Marriage of Figaro _I._ _W. A. Mozart_ Martha _I._ _Friedrich von Flotow_ Masaniello (Dumb Girl of Portici) _I._ _D. F. E. Auber_ *Mascot, The _Edmond Audran_ Masked Ball _I._ _Giuseppe Verdi_ Meistersinger, Die (The Mastersingers) _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Mefistofele _I._ _Arrigo Boito_ Merry Wives of Windsor, The _Otto Nicolai_ Mignon _I._ _Ambroise Thomas_ Mikado, The _Sir Arthur S. Sullivan_ *Nanon _Richard Genée_ Norma _I._ _Vincenzo Bellini_ *Olivette _Edmond Audran_ Orpheus _C. W. von Gluck_ Otello _I._ _Giuseppe Verdi_ Pagliacci, I _I._ _R. Leoncavallo_ Parsifal _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Pinafore (H. M. S.) _Sir Arthur S. Sullivan_ Prophète, Le _I._ _Giacomo Meyerbeer_ Puritani, I _I._ _Vincenzo Bellini_ Rheingold, Das (The Rhinegold) _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Rigoletto _I._ _Giuseppe Verdi_ Robert le Diable _I._ _Giacomo Meyerbeer_ Roméo et Julietta _F._ _Charles Gounod_ Romeo e Giulietta _I._ do. Ruddigore _Sir Arthur S. Sullivan_ Samson et Dalila _F._ _Camille Saint-Saëns_ Semiramide _I._ _Gioacchino A. Rossini_ Siegfried _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Sonnambula, La _I._ _Vincenzo Bellini_ *Sorcerer, The _Sir Arthur S. Sullivan_ *Spectre Knight, The _Alfred Cellier_ *Stradella _Friedrich von Flotow_ Tannhäuser _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Traviata, La _I._ _Giuseppe Verdi_ Tristan und Isolde _G._ _Richard Wagner_ Trovatore, Il _I._ _Giuseppe Verdi_ Ugonotti, Gli (The Huguenots) _I._ _Giacomo Meyerbeer_ Verkaufte Braut, Die (The Bartered Bride) _G._ _Friedrich Smetana_ Walküre, Die _G._ _Richard Wagner_ William Tell _I._ _Gioacchino A. Rossini_ Zauberflöte, Die (The Magic Flute) _G._ _W. A. Mozart_
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SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
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EDITED BY H. E. KREHBIEL
_Bound in paper, cloth back, $2.50 each, net_
_In full cloth, gilt.... 3.50 each, net_
In these volumes of _The Musicians Library_ the editor has presented in chronological order the most famous arias from operas of every school. Beginning with songs from the earliest Italian productions, a comprehensive view of operatic development is given by well-chosen examples from German, French, and later Italian works, down to contemporary musical drama.
Each song or aria is given in its original key with the original text, and a faithful and singable English translation.
Each volume contains an interesting preface by Mr. Krehbiel, with historic, descriptive, and interpretative notes on each song.
Portraits of the most noted composers represented are given in each volume.
Size of each volume, 9½ × 12½ inches.
SOPRANO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-three numbers by nineteen composers. The music covers 188 pages, the prefatory matter 25 pages. Portraits are given of Beethoven, Bellini, Gluck, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, and Weber.
MEZZO SOPRANO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains thirty numbers by twenty-five composers. The music covers 186 pages, the prefatory matter 29 pages. Portraits are given of Auber, Bizet, Donizetti, Handel, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Spontini, Thomas, and Wagner.
ALTO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-nine numbers by twenty-two composers. The music covers 176 pages, the prefatory matter 20 pages. Portraits are given of Glinka, Gluck, Handel, Lully, Meyerbeer, Purcell, Rossini, Thomas, and Verdi.
TENOR SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-nine numbers by twenty-one composers. The music covers 192 pages, the prefatory matter 27 pages. Portraits are given of Beethoven, Bizet, Gluck, Gounod, Mascagni, Massenet, Verdi, Wagner, and Weber.
BARITONE AND BASS SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-seven numbers by twenty-four composers. The music covers 188 pages, the prefatory matter 20 pages. Portraits are given of Bellini, Bizet, Cherubini, Gounod, Halévy, Handel, Mozart, Ponchielli, and Tchaikovsky.
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