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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/114448| Title: | I puritani ed i cavalieri |
| Authors: | Bellini, Vincenzo |
| Keywords: | Operas -- Librettos Operas -- 19th century -- Performances Teatru Rjal (Valletta, Malta) Knights of Malta -- Malta Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Puritani ed i cavalieri Pepoli, Carlo, 1796-1881 |
| Issue Date: | 1880 |
| Publisher: | Printing Press |
| Citation: | Bellini, V. (1880). Puritans and the knights. Opera Librettos (OPL-566). University of Malta Library, Archives & Rare Books dept. |
| Abstract: | Si trova in una fortezza vicino a Plymouth, tenuta da Lord Walton per Cromwell. La figlia di Lord Walton, Elvira, è innamorata di Lord Arthur Talbot, un cavaliere e seguace degli Stuart, ma suo padre ha promesso la sua mano a Sir Richard Forth, come lui seguace di Cromwell. Lui cede, tuttavia, ed Elvira viene invitata da suo zio, Sir George Walton, a prepararsi per le sue nozze con Arthur, al quale è stato fornito un salvacondotto alla fortezza.
La regina Enrichetta, vedova di Carlo I, è prigioniera nella fortezza. Scoprendo di essere condannata a morte, Artù, fedele agli Stuart, le permette di fuggire, avvolgendola nel velo nuziale di Elvira e conducendola oltre le guardie, come se fosse la sposa. C'è un momento critico. Vengono accolti da Sir Richard, che sperava di sposare Elvira. Gli uomini sguainano le spade, ma uno scompiglio del velo mostra a Sir Richard che la donna che suppone sia la sposa di Lord Arthur non è Elvira. Li lascia passare. Quando la fuga viene scoperta, Elvira, credendosi abbandonata, perde la ragione. Coloro che si erano riuniti per le nozze, ora, in un commovente coro, invocano maledizioni sulla testa di Artù. Is laid in a fortress near Plymouth, held by Lord Walton for Cromwell. Lord Walton’s daughter, Elvira, is in love with Lord Arthur Talbot, a cavalier and adherent of the Stuarts, but her father has promised her hand to Sir Richard Forth, like himself a follower of Cromwell. He relents, however, and Elvira is bidden by her uncle, Sir George Walton, to prepare for her nuptials with Arthur, for whom a safe conduct to the fortress has been provided. Queen Henrietta, widow of Charles I., is a prisoner in the fortress. On discovering that she is under sentence of death, Arthur, loyal to the Stuarts, enables her to escape by draping her in Elvira’s bridal veil and conducting her past the guards, as if she were the bride. There is one critical moment. They are met by Sir Richard, who had hoped to marry Elvira. The men draw their swords, but a disarrangement of the veil shows Sir Richard that the woman he supposes to be Lord Arthur’s bride is not Elvira. He permits them to pass. When the escape is discovered, Elvira, believing herself deserted, loses her reason. Those who had gathered for the nuptials, now, in a stirring chorus, invoke maledictions upon Arthur’s head. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/114448 |
| Appears in Collections: | Pro-Sak - A&SCOpl |
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