Act III. Switzerland. _Loris_ and _Fedora_ are married. _Loris's

footsteps, however, are followed by a spy. _Fedora_ learns that because of _Loris's_ act his brother has been thrown into prison and has died there. _Loris's_ mother has died of shock. He discovers that it was _Fedora_ who set the secret service on his track. He is about to kill her when, in despair, she swallows poison. _Loris_ now pleads with her to live, but it is too late. She dies in his arms.

GERMANIA

Opera in a prologue, two acts and an epilogue, by Alberto Franchetti; text by Luigi Illica. Produced, Milan, March 11, 1902; in this country, January 22, 1910.

CHARACTERS

FREDERICK LOEWE, member of the brotherhood _Tenor_ CARL WORMS, member of the brotherhood _Baritone_ GIOVANNI PALM, member of the brotherhood _Bass_ CRISOGONO, member of the brotherhood _Baritone_ STAPPS, Protestant priest _Bass_ RICKE, a Nuremberg maiden _Soprano_ JANE, her sister _Mezzo-Soprano_ LENA ARMUTH, a peasant woman _Mezzo-Soprano_ JEBBEL, her nephew _Soprano_ LUIGI LÜTZOW, an officer _Bass_ CARLO KÖRNER, an officer _Tenor_ PETERS, a herdsman _Bass_ SIGNORA HEDVIGE _Mezzo-Soprano_ CHIEF OF POLICE _Bass_

_Time_--Napoleonic Wars.

_Place_--Germany.

Prologue. An Old Mill near Nuremberg. Students under _Palm_ are shipping out in grain-bags literature directed against the invader--Napoleon. _Ricke_ tells _Worms_, whose mistress she has been, that her sweetheart, the poet _Loewe_, will soon return, and that she must confess to him her guilty secret. _Worms_ dissuades her. _Loewe_ arrives and is joyously welcomed by his comrades. The police break in, arrest _Palm_, and take him off to be executed.