Chorus of women.
(Behind scenes.)
Ah! Ah!
Chorus of men.
(Behind scenes.)
Ah! Ah!
Chorus of women.
(Behind scenes.)
Sweet is the air with the blossoms of oranges;
Sings now the lark from the myrtles in flow'r;
Murmurs of tender song tell of a joyful world,
And of thankful hearts. Ah! gladsome hour!
(The women enter.)
Chorus of men.
(Behind scenes.)
Your spinning wheels now busily are humming,
O'er fields of golden corn the sound is coming;
We linger where the leafy shade is restful;
Of you we think, and every heart is zestful.
Oh lovely women! Allured by you and enraptured,
Like the bird by the lure held, now are we captured!
(The men enter.)
Women.
Work in the field now is ended;—
The Holy Mother mild
In ecstasy fondles the Child.
All.
(Withdrawing from stage.)
Murmurs of tender song tell of a joyful world,
And of thankful hearts.
Ah! gladsome hour!
(Enter, Santuzza, approaching Lucia's dwelling.)
Scena I.
La scena rappresenta una piazza in un paese della Sicilia.
Nel fondo, a destra, Chiesa con porta practicabile. A sinistra l'osteria e la casa di Mamma Lucia.
E il giorno Pasqua.
Coro d'Introduzione.
(Campane interne dalla Chiesa. Si alza la tela. La scena sul principio è vuota. Albeggia. Paesani, contadini, contadine e ragazzi traversano la scena. Si apre la chiesa e la folla vi entra. Il movimento del popolo continua fino al Coro punto in cui rimane la scena vuota.)