(In Venice. A gallery, in festival attire, in a palace on the Grand Canal.)
(The guests of Giulietta are grouped about on cushions.)
Barcarole.
Giulietta and Nicklausse (in the wings).
Oh soft night, oh night of love,
Smile on our bliss serene,
All the stars that shine above
Surround the heaven’s queen!
Time it flies without return,
Forgetting our tenderness!