Ivanohe

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• Hope is for all the world ~ a distant light (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• Lord of our chosen race (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• Happy with winged feet (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel

      Incipit of pieces

Incipit of pieces set in alphabetical order.

• Ah me! not thus did Judah's warriors go, Act the third, scene 1
• And now for combat! Where's this friend of mine?, Act the second, scene 1
• And so to sleep, Act the first, scene 1
• Aye, she speaks truth; I love him, Act the third, scene 1
• Be it as thou wilt! God knows I pardon thee!, Act the third, scene 2
• Brian de Bois Guilbert, Act the first, scene 1
• Cedric, good friend, didst thou not promise me, Act the third, scene 2
• Dead! He is dead!, Act the third, scene 3
• Each day this realm of England faints and fails., Act the first, scene 1
• Far leaps the fire-flame, render of forests, Act the third, scene 1
• Forbear, forbear!, Act the third, scene 3
• Fremuere principes, Act the third, scene 3
• Good mother, of thy pity say, Act the second, scene 3
• Good thane, most noble thane, I pray, Act the first, scene 1
• Happy with winged feet, Act the third, scene 1
• He, whom his father left to die or live, Act the second, scene 2
• Here am I! / I bring thee water from the well, Act the second, scene 1
• Hither, dear lad, and lean on me, Act the third, scene 2
• Hope is for all the world ~ a distant light, Act the first, scene 2
• Hope not at all, or hope to mate with me, Act the second, scene 3
• How canst thou know what pain it is to lie, Act the third, scene 1
• I ask nor wealth nor courtier's praise, Act the second, scene 1
• I will away ~ good youth, dear youth, befriend me, Act the first, scene 2
• If for the love of woman's face, Act the third, scene 2
• Il Desdichado! Il Desdichado!, Act the first, scene 3
• Is she not fair? And she is rich withal, Act the first, scene 1
• Isaac, my Jew, my purse of gold, Act the first, scene 3
• Knight, Knight of Ivanohe, I come for thee!, Act the third, scene 2
• Light foot upon the dancing green, Act the third, scene 2
• Like mountain lark my spirit upward springs, Act the first, scene 2
• Look, where thy moody father walks apart, Act the third, scene 2
• Lord of our chosen race, Act the second, scene 3
• Maurice De Bracy, faithless knight, Act the third, scene 2
• Not bad, say I, nor badly sung!, Act the second, scene 1
• O awful depth below the castle wall!, Act the second, scene 3
• O moon, art thou clad in silver mail, Act the first, scene 2
• Oh! I would be an outlaw bold, Act the third, scene 2
• Peace, peace, I say! Can I not speak if need be?, Act the first, scene 1
• Plantagenesta! / Hail the lords of land and sea, Act the first, scene 3
• Rise, holy palmer! 'Tis not meet, Act the first, scene 2
• Room for the lady Rowena! room!, Act the first, scene 1
• Rowena! Rowena! All hail to our Lady Rowena!, Act the first, scene 1
• Saxon cheer for Saxon knight!, Act the first, scene 3
• Strange lodging this for England's King, Act the second, scene 1
• Take thou these jewels; here is wealth enow, Act the second, scene 3
• Tend thou the knight thou lovest, Act the third, scene 1
• The English knights, the English knights, Act the first, scene 1
• The castle burns. Away with me!, Act the third, scene 1
• The combat! The combat! They back their horses, Act the first, scene 3
• The king! The king!, Act the third, scene 1
• The pliant willow waves, Act the third, scene 2
• The wind blows cold across the moor, Act the second, scene 1
• Their names, their names, good palmer!, Act the first, scene 1
• Then fill the cup, fill high, Act the first, scene 1
• Then ho, jolly Jenkin, Act the second, scene 1
• Thou Jewish girl, who art condemned to die, Act the third, scene 3
• Thou must away with me, and quickly., Act the first, scene 2
• Tis from our royal brother, Louis of France., Act the first, scene 3
• Was hael! drink hael!, Act the first, scene 1
• Welcome, sir templar! But I may not stay, Act the second, scene 2
• Were there no English knights in Palestine, Act the first, scene 1
• What folly have we here? Arise, Act the second, scene 1
• Whet the bright steel, then, Act the third, scene 1
• Whet the keen axes, Act the second, scene 3
• Whither away, sir sluggard? Hola!, Act the first, scene 3
• Wide as the world our temple stands, Act the third, scene 3
• Will not our captor dare to show his face?, Act the second, scene 2
• Will there be no more fighting?, Act the first, scene 3
• Woo thou thy snowflake till she melt for thee, Act the second, scene 2

      Acts and scenes

Libretto acts' and scenes' list.

Act the first

• Scene the first
  The hall of Cedric. Evening. At the high table stands Cedric. His Men are making ready for supper.
• Scene the second
  An ante-room in Cedric's house. Enter Rowena.
• Scene the third
  One end of the lists at Ashby. Second day of the tournament. High seats are prepared for Prince John and for Rowena, who has been chosen queen of love and beauty on the first day. Cedric is in his place in a gallery, where are other Norman knights and ladies, and few Saxons of wealth and rank. In the crowd are the Friar and Locksley.

Act the second

• Scene the first
  Outside the Friar’s hut in the forest. Enter King Richard.
• Scene the second
  A passage-way in Torquilstone. Enter De Bracy and followers masked, bringing Cedric and Rowena prisoners.
• Scene the third
  A turret chamber in Torquilstone. Rebecca. Ulrica spinning; as she spins she sings fragments of song.

Act the third

• Scene the first
  A room in Torquilstone. Ivanohe is alone. He leans on his bed, pale and weak from his wound.
• Scene the second
  In the forest. Outlaws cross the glade singing and dancing.
• Scene the third
  The preceptory of the templars. A funeral pile. A crowd of common folk kept back by temple servants. The Templars enter in order singing.. Rebecca is led in with them. Among them is Brian, silent and pale, armed but without his helmet.

      Changes of scene painting

All the scene paintings described in the libretto.

Act the first

• Scene 1: Hall of Cedric.
• Scene 2: An ante-room in Cedric's house.
• Scene 3: One end of the lists at Ashby.

Act the second

• Scene 1: The Friar’s hut in the forest.
• Scene 2: A passage-way in Torquilstone.
• Scene 3: A turret chamber in Torquilstone.

Act the third

• Scene 1: A room in Torquilstone.
• Scene 2: In the forest.
• Scene 3: The preceptory of the templars.

      The acts in brief

For every act the synthesis of the scene paintings, of the pieces, of performers' entrance and leaving, of the main passages.

• Act the first
• Act the second
• Act the third

      Significant pieces

Pieces that are pointed out from critics and musicologists.

Act the first

• Then fill the cup, fill high (Cedric, Men, De Bracy), scene 1
• O moon, art thou clad in silver mail (Rowena), scene 2
• Hope is for all the world, a distant light (Rowena, Ivanohe), scene 2

Act the second

• The wind blows cold across the moor (Friar), scene 1
• Lord of our chosen race (Rebecca), scene 3
• Hope not at all, or hope to mate with me (Brian, Rebecca), scene 3

Act the third

• Happy with winged feet (Ivanohe), scene 1

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