bond; when Thaddeus declares himself, and Arnheim is induced to give his daughter to the noble exile. At the feast in their honour, the Gipsy Queen with Devilshoof attempts Arline's life, but the gipsy diverts the shot which strikes her who aimed it. The festival proceeds to commemorate the happy fortunes of The Bohemian Girl. CHARACTERS Arline, daughter of the Count -Soprano Thaddeus, a proscribed Pole - Tenor Queen of the Gypsies - Alto Devilshoof, chief of the gypsies - Bass Count Arnheim, Governor of Presburg - Bass Florestein, his nephew - Tenor Captain of the Guard - Bass Officer - Tenor Buda, Arline's attendant - Soprano PRINCIPAL MUSICAL NUMBERS "'Tis Sad To Leave Your Fatherland" - Thaddeus "In the Gypsies Life You Lead" - Chorus "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" - Arline "The Heart Bowed Down" - Thaddeus and Arline "When Other Lips and Other Hearts" - Thaddeus ACT I. OVERTURE INTRODUCTORY CHORUS .. .. .. "Up with the banner" AIR (THE COUNT) .. .. .. "A soldier's life" CHORUS OF HUNTERS " Away to the hill and glen" MELODRAMATIC MUSIC RECITATIVE AND AIR (THADDEUS) .. "Without friends" GIPSY CHORUS .. .. .. "In the gipsy's life you read" MARCH OF THE AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS DUET (THADDEUS & DEVILSHOOF) WITH CHORUS " Comrade, your hand” MELODRAMATIC MUSIC AIR (FLORESTEIN) .. .. .. .. " Is no succour near?" MELODRAMATIC MUSIC WALTZ CHORUS .. .. .. .. "Down with the daring slave" GALOP FINALE CHORUS .. .. .. .. "What sounds break on the ear!" PRAYER .. .. .. " Thou who in might supreme " CHORUS .. .. .. .. "Follow with heart and with arm" ACT II. INTRODUCTORY CHORUS .. .. .. " Silence!" THE DREAM .. .. .. .. " I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls" DUET (ARLINE AND THADDEUS) .. .. " The wound upon thine arm " RECITATIVE (ARLINE) AND CHORUS " Listen while I relate " / Happy and light of heart" CHORUS.. .. .. .. .. .. " In the gipsy's life" DUET (QUEEN AND DEVILSHOOF) .. .. " This is thy deed!"
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