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Subject Area: Music
Topic: Opera and Liberty

SCENE XIII.—: Gilda alone. - 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 XIII.—

Gildaalone.

Walter Maldè. Sweet name,

Thou art already engraven on my heart.

Dear name! thou first hast fallen

So sweet upon my ear,

Thou shalt for ever be

To me welcome and dear.

My thoughts, all my desires,

Will ever to thee turn,

Yes, even when my ashes

Shall rest within the urn.

[Gilda ascends the terrace with a lantern in her hand.