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Subject Area: Music
Topic: Opera and Liberty

SCENE VIII.—: Rigoletto and Gilda. - 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 VIII.—

RigolettoandGilda.

Rig.

Ah, yes! I shall have vengeance,

It is my only wish.

The hour is not far distant

That will thy ruin strike.

Upon thy head my fury

Will fall, then, thunder-like.

Gil.

Oh, father! what sad joy

Is sparkling in your eyes?

Ah! spare him; to us also

Heaven will its mercy show.

In spite of his deceit,

My heart for him doth beat.

end of the third act.

ACT IV.