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Subject Area: Music
Topic: Opera and Liberty

SCENE X.—: Enter Giovanna from the house. - 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 X.—

EnterGiovannafrom the house.

Gio.

Sir?

Rig.

Has no one seen me whilst coming here?

Mind, speak the truth.

Gio.

No one.

Rig.

That’s well! The door that leads upon the

Ramparts, is it always closed?

Gio.

Yes, it has always been so, and always shall.

Rig.

Oh, woman, watch o’er this flower,

Which I trust unto thy care;

Be thou mindful, it may never

Fall the victim of dark snare.

O, save thou this fragile stem

From the hail and from rain:

As it was to thee confided,

May I receive it back again.

Gilda.

O, be cheerful, my dear father;

Chase your starting tears away;

There, in heaven, is an angel

Who protects us night and day.

There the prayers of my mother

From all danger keeps us free;

Never, never, from your side,

Never distant will I be.