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Topic: Opera and Liberty

SCENE II.—: Enter Count Ceprano, watching at a distance the Countess, who is followed by a Gentleman. Ladies and Lords cross the scene. - Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto: An Opera in Four Acts [1851]

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Rigoletto: An Opera in Four Acts, words by Victor Hugo (New York: Fred Rullman, n.d.). Metropolitan Opera House, Grand Opera, Libretto.

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SCENE II.—

EnterCount Ceprano,watching at a distance theCountess,who is followed by a Gentleman. Ladies and Lords cross the scene.

Duke.

(To the Countess, with great politeness.)

You go already, cruel one?

Coun.

I must obey my husband,

I am obliged to leave.

Duke.

But you must shine at Court,

As Venus amongst the stars—

Here all must sigh for you.

Already here behold

A victim of your charms.

Coun.

Ah! silence—

Duke.

No.

[The Duke kisses her hand.