The Complete Opera Book / The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation

by Gustav Kobbé

The principal musical numbers are, in act first, Sir Richard Forth's cavatina, "Ah! per sempre io ti perdei" (Ah! forever have I lost thee); Arthur's romance, "A te o cara" (To thee, beloved);

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A te o cara, amor talora,

and Elvira's sparkling polacca, "Son vergin vezzosa" (I am a blithesome maiden).

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Son vergin vezzosa, in vesto di sposa,

In the second act we have Elvira's mad scene, "Qui la voce sua soave" (It was here in sweetest accents).