Summary index
Texts
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Images to be used as background for computer screen.
- Deep in the forest dell (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
- Say could I live, if he I love (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
Incipit of pieces
Incipit of pieces set in alphabetical order.
- A fine tramp we shall have of it, Act the first, scene 2
- Ah! / I'm spell bound!, Act the second, scene 1
- Ah! is this a mortal's love, Act the second, scene 1
- Alas! how can I still think of him, Act the second, scene 1
- And I go to secure his happiness, and my revenge, Act the first, scene 2
- And now your kindness to repay, Act the first, scene 1
- Art thou a form of mortal birth, Act the first, scene 1
- Beloved mortal! for whom I have resigned immortality, Act the second, scene 2
- Break ~ break, my heart! on earth's cold lap reposing, Act the first, scene 1
- But, hold! Here comes my detested enemy., Act the second, scene 1
- Can'st thou love, yet coldly fly me?, Act the second, scene 1
- Charming sister, here we've rid, Act the first, scene 3
- Come, Christie, draw some of our oldest ale ~, Act the first, scene 1
- Deep in the forest dell, Act the first, scene 1
- Does your heart fail you, or will you still go on?, Act the second, scene 2
- Donald unhappy! ah!, Act the second, scene 1
- Donald, Donald! where are you?, Act the first, scene 1
- Farewell for ever, Act the first, scene 1
- Farewell to the mountain, Act the second, scene 1
- From the rose-cover'd bowers, Act the second, scene 1
- Good day, Dame; all the lads and lasses ready, Act the first, scene 1
- Ha! my tormentors come!, Act the second, scene 2
- Ha! my work done for me!, Act the second, scene 2
- Ha! some guardian power comforts and assures me, Act the second, scene 2
- Hail! Hail! / I'll give that Tibbie Fowler a rap, Act the second, scene 2
- Haste, spirits, hither throng, Act the first, scene 3
- Heavens! Christie here! I am then discovered., Act the second, scene 1
- Ho, ho, there! here's fine doings!, Act the first, scene 1
- Hope once more dawns, Act the second, scene 1
- How now? idling! To work, to work, dull thing!, Act the second, scene 2
- Hush! / Hush! / We Sylphs, on noiseless wing, Act the first, scene 1
- I tell you I saw it with my own eyes, Act the first, scene 1
- Infernal spirits, hellish powers!, Act the first, scene 3
- Is this the boasted fortitude of man? Arise!, Act the second, scene 1
- Man's misfortune glads my soul, Act the first, scene 2
- Miserable imposter!, Act the first, scene 1
- Mortals rise! learn faithful love, Act the second, scene 2
- My good friends, how much I thank you all, Act the first, scene 1
- No, no ~ for who could, unmoved,, Act the first, scene 1
- No, no, 'twas no deceptive spell, Act the first, scene 1
- Nor rose-twin'd bower, Act the second, scene 1
- Now tell us, beloved of the king of fiends, Act the first, scene 3
- Now with feast, and dance, and song, Act the second, scene 2
- Now, jealousy, anger, revenge, and fell hate, Act the first, scene 2
- Oh, heavens! / What soft enchanting nameless pleasures seem, Act the first, scene 1
- Poor Jessie! yes, she loves me! I'll requite, Act the first, scene 1
- Powers of enchantment ! tell ~ oh, tell me, say ~, Act the first, scene 1
- Saved from destruction, Act the second, scene 2
- Say could I live, if he I love, Act the second, scene 2
- See here we bring, Act the first, scene 1
- Short respite! There is no remedy but one, Act the second, scene 2
- So far all works according to my wishes., Act the second, scene 1
- Some curs'd aetherial influence spoils the charm, Act the second, scene 2
- That's well, my children, that's well., Act the second, scene 1
- The saints preserve us ~ Hela again!, Act the first, scene 2
- This magic-wove scarf round her beauties entwine, Act the second, scene 1
- Thou art not he, whose looks of love, Act the second, scene 1
- Thyself shall be pris'ner, and slave to despair., Act the second, scene 1
- We'll drink to our master, who holds his dark reign, Act the second, scene 2
- Well here's the new contract, Act the first, scene 1
- Well, my lads and lasses, Act the first, scene 1
- What an outrage! falsely breaking, Act the first, scene 1
- What brings you here?, Act the first, scene 1
- What devils are these in the form of, Act the second, scene 2
- What it may be, 'tis no concern of yours., Act the second, scene 1
- What languor my vision subdues, Act the second, scene 2
- Whither, oh, whither would'st thou lead?, Act the second, scene 1
- With hope and fear my bosom's swelling!, Act the first, scene 1
- Yes, I will end this state of torturing suspence, Act the second, scene 1
- Yes, ‘tis her lovely form, more gay, Act the first, scene 1
- You weep! oh, what sorrows, Act the first, scene 1
- You'd squeeze her hand ~ and crack ~ she gone!, Act the second, scene 1
Acts and scenes
Libretto acts' and scenes' list.
Act the first
- Scene the first
The interior of a Scotch farm house. In the flat, three large glass doors and a staircase leading to the upper story, and also the entrance to the cellar. To the left, a door and a window, to the right, a rustic chimney. Donald is discovered asleep in a large arm chair - Under the window Christie is also asleep - A Sylph is kneeling at the feet of Donald, on whom she gazes with looks of impassioned tenderness, and expresses the pleasure she enjoys at being thus so near to him she loves. Through the glass doors Sylphs are seen flitting backwards and forwards, who sing the following chorus. - Scene the second
A narrow dell of rocks, at the foot of a mountain. Enter Christie, followed by Hobbie and Villagers. - Scene the third
A lonely spot on the sea shore. To the R. a rugged rock, at the foot of which is a cavern. Before the cavern is a fire burning, over which is a large cauldron. On the ground are seen a death's head, two globes, the skulls of various animals, toads, snakes, and other venomous reptiles. Three witches are discovered standing on a mound, in the attitude of listening. Stage dark. The scene opens to slow mystic music. As the invocation proceeds, the sea becomes more agitated.
Act the second
- Scene the first
An open glade in a forest. A mountainous country in flat, through the vista is seen a distant view of the village, the church upon an eminence; to the front upon the left, is a large birch tree; to the right, a grotto, the entrance covered with rose trees and flowering shrubs. Donald is seen descending with difficulty a rocky path of the mountain, while the Sylph appears to slide down; she flutters her wings, and seems scarcely to touch the earth with her feet. - Scene the second
Salamandrine caverns.
Theater
Changes of scene painting
All the scene paintings described in the libretto.
Act the first
- Scene 1: The interior of a Scotch farm house.
- Scene 2: A narrow dell of rocks, at the foot of a mountain.
- Scene 3: A lonely spot on the sea shore. To the R. a rugged rock, at the foot of which is a cavern. Before the cavern is a fire burning, over which is a large cauldron.
Act the second
- Scene 1: An open glade in a forest... to the right, a grotto, the entrance covered with rose trees and flowering shrubs.
- Scene 2: Salamandrine caverns.
- Scene 2: Mountains and lake of the sylphid queen.
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.
Music
Significant pieces
Pieces that are pointed out from critics and musicologists.
Act the first
- Deep in the forest dell (Sylph), scene 1
- Farewell for ever (Sylph, Donald), scene 1
- Man's misfortune glads my soul (Hela), scene 2
Act the second
- This magic-wove scarf round her beauties entwine (Hela, Donald, Sylph), scene 1
- Say could I live, if he I love (Sylph), scene 2