Tristan und Isolde;Tristan and Isolda - Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner
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fame and pow'r to augment me
by wedding thee to our monarch.-- Thy glance, Isolda, glamoured him thus; and, jealous, my friend played me false to King Mark, whom I betrayed.-- (_He sets on_ MELOT.) Guard thee, Melot! [_As_ MELOT _presents his sword_ TRISTAN _drops his own guard and sinks wounded into the arms of_ KURVENAL. ISOLDA _throws herself upon his breast_. MARK _holds_ MELOT _back. The curtain falls quickly_.] ACT III. _A Castle-Garden_. [_At one side high castellated buildings, on the other a low breastwork interrupted by a watch tower; at back the castle-gate. The situation is supposed to be on rocky cliffs; through openings the view extends over a wide sea horizon. The whole gives an impression of being deserted by the owner, badly kept, and here and there dilapidated and overgrown_.] |
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