A book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots And Their Music
A book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots And Their Music
Krehbiel Henry Edward
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The moon at its zenith sheds its light over the thicket of laurel and oleanders, and floods a Doric temple on the left, Helen of Troy and Pantalisj surrotmded by a group of sirens, praise the beauty of nature in an exquisite duet, which flows on as placidly as the burnished 5tream. Faust lies sleeping upon a flowery bank, and in his dreams calls upon Helen in the intervals of her song. Hden and Partialis depart, and Fausi b ushered in by Mefistofele. He is dad in his Digitized byV^OOQlC " ItEFl...STOFELE* 14t proper mediaeval garb, in strong contrast to the cla«nc robes of the denizens of the valley in Thessaly, Mefisiofde suggests to Faust that they now separate; the land of antique fable has no charm for him. Faust is breathing in the idiom of Helenas song like a delicate perfume which inspires him with love; Mefistofele longs for the strong, resinous odors of the Harz Mountains, where dominion over the Northern hags belongs to him. Fav^t is already gone, and he is about to depart when there ap- proaches a band of Charetids.
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