ISBN: 9781459019966

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Meer...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...He hears again the words which Nedda had called after the fleeing Silvio, and for a moment is startled out of his character. But he collects himself and begins to play his part. A man has been here! You''ve been drinking! The dialogue of the comedy continues, but ever and anon with difficulty on the part of Pagliaccio, who begins to put a sinister inflection into his words. Taddeo is dragged from the cupboard in which he had taken hiding. He, too, puts color of verity into his lines, especially when he prates about the purity of Columbine. Canio loses control of himself more and more. Pagliaccio no more, but a man--a man seeking vengeance. The name of your lover! The audience is moved by his intensity. Silvio betrays anxiety. Canio rages on. The name, the name! The niimic audience shouts, Bravo! Nedda: if he doubts her she will go. No, by God! You''ll remain and tell me the name of your lover! With a great effort Nedda forces herself to remain in character. The music, whose tripping dance measures have given way to sinister mutterings in keeping with Canio''s mad outbursts, as the mimic play ever and anon threatens to leave its grooves and plunge into the tragic vortex of reality, changes to a gavotte:--Columbine explains: she had no idea her husband could put on so tragical a mask. It is only harmless Harlequin who has been her companion. The name! The name!! The Name!!! Nedda sees catastrophe approaching and throws her character to the winds. She shrieks out a defiant No! and attempts to escape from the mimic stage. Silvio starts up with dagger drawn. The spectators rise in confusion and cry Stop him! Canio seizes Nedda and plunges his knife into her: Take that! And that! With thy dying gasps thou''lt tell me! Woful intuition!... Henry Edward Krehbiel, Books, Entertainment, A second book of operas; their histories, their plots, and their music Books>Entertainment, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781459019966

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Meer...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...He hears again the words which Nedda had called after the fleeing Silvio, and for a moment is startled out of his character. But he collects himself and begins to play his part. A man has been here! You''ve been drinking! The dialogue of the comedy continues, but ever and anon with difficulty on the part of Pagliaccio, who begins to put a sinister inflection into his words. Taddeo is dragged from the cupboard in which he had taken hiding. He, too, puts color of verity into his lines, especially when he prates about the purity of Columbine. Canio loses control of himself more and more. Pagliaccio no more, but a man--a man seeking vengeance. The name of your lover! The audience is moved by his intensity. Silvio betrays anxiety. Canio rages on. The name, the name! The niimic audience shouts, Bravo! Nedda: if he doubts her she will go. No, by God! You''ll remain and tell me the name of your lover! With a great effort Nedda forces herself to remain in character. The music, whose tripping dance measures have given way to sinister mutterings in keeping with Canio''s mad outbursts, as the mimic play ever and anon threatens to leave its grooves and plunge into the tragic vortex of reality, changes to a gavotte:--Columbine explains: she had no idea her husband could put on so tragical a mask. It is only harmless Harlequin who has been her companion. The name! The name!! The Name!!! Nedda sees catastrophe approaching and throws her character to the winds. She shrieks out a defiant No! and attempts to escape from the mimic stage. Silvio starts up with dagger drawn. The spectators rise in confusion and cry Stop him! Canio seizes Nedda and plunges his knife into her: Take that! And that! With thy dying gasps thou''lt tell me! Woful intuition!... Henry Edward Krehbiel, Books, Entertainment, A second book of operas; their histories, their plots, and their music Books>Entertainment <