Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-17

observation with the most jealous care;
so strictly has she been guarded that she
has not been allowed to leave her home,
except to attend to her religious observ-
ances at church. She. however. has not
escaped the notice. OF the duke, who has
repeatedly observed her at her devotions
and contrives to track her to her humble
habitation where, by bribing her servant,
he gains access to her; representing him
self to be a poor student deeply impressed
with her attractions, he succeeds In In
spring her with reciprocal sentiments,
never dreaming that II is the daughter
of his buffoon he is thus beguiling.
The fact OF the existence of a young
and lovely woman in the dwelling Of Rig
oletto becoming known to the courtiers,
they form plot to abduct her therefrom
by force and deliver her to the duke.
At late hour In the evening they as
semble (masked) in the neighborhood OF
Rigoletto's dwelling, and, under the prom
Use that they are going to carry off the
wife OF Ceprano, whose. house adjoins
Rigoletto's they induce him to assist
He is accordingly masked and bandaged,
and is made to hold the ladder by which
some of the party ascend to the window
of his house, which they enter and tear
away the bewlldered Gilda. whose mouth
they cover, to prevent her giving any
alarm, and carry her off triumphantly to
the ducal palace.
The outwitted Jester. finding himself
deserted Immediately suspects that all is
not right and tearing off the band
age, perceives the scarf of his daughter.
which has been dropped in the flight; he
is instantly struck with the conviction
that he has been robbed of his beloved
Gilda, his only treasure, and that the
curse of Count Monterone has already
begun to work.
The courtiers relate to the duke as a
good joke how they had carried Off the
TESTERS mistress. but he knew full well
from their description that 1t was Gilda
they had abducted. and the unfortunate
girl soon became a prey, to his insatiate
passions
Rigoletto hastens to the palace and de-
mands his daughter from the courtiers,
who treat him with contempt ard deri-
sion. batting all his endeavors to obtain
access to the duke. He is presently
Joined by his daughter, who has at
length freed herself from the vicious at
tentions of the duke and after mutual
coincidence they quit the palace, cursing
the scene of their disgrace. Resolving
to be revenged on the author of his
daughters and his own misery, Rigoletto
hires bravo named Saparafucile, for
stipulated sum, to assassinate the duke,
who is enticed by the Establishments of
Madeleine, the sister of Saparafucile, to
the bravos house, a ruinous and lonely
inn.
Gilda has been desired by her father to
put on male attire and fly to Verona, but
previous to starting, in order to extin-
guish the lingering affection which she
still entertains for her unprincipled Sc
ducer. she is made an eyewitness,
through crevices in the wall of the i'm.
Of ir1p0 naTf1dV
overhears the sister of the bravo earnest
ly er deavoring to dissuade him from MUIR
dering the handsome guest; but he reso-
lutely persists In his determination to full
fill his contract, unless some person
should chance to come to the inn before
midnight whom he might kill instead,
and pass the body in a sack to Rigoletto
as that of the murdered duke. Upon hear
ing this, Gilda at once resolves to save
the life of the undeserving object of her
affections by sacrificing her own; she
knocks at the door Of the inn, is admitted,
and instantly stabbed by the cold-blood-
ed assassin. Shortly after. Rigoletto ap-
pears. pays the bravo and receives from
him the sack containing (as he supposes)
the body of the duke; he proceeds to-
throw it into the river which runs at the
back of the inn, but before he has time
to accomplish it, he is astounded by the
at short distance; he instantly suspects
foul play, tears opep the sack and is
Mortified to find, instead of the dead
body of the hated duke, the dying form of
his beloved daughter. who almost imme-
diately expires. Overwhelmed with terror
and anguish at the fulfillment of the
dreaded malediction. he falls senseless on
the body of his unfortunate daughter.
cAsT-"RIGoLETTo"
ii Iuca. -Au6eiO
Rigoletto, the jester. .Alessandro Arcangeli
Gilda. Adelina PadoVani
Sparafucile, hireling assassin. .Paola Wulman
Maddalena .Amalia CanZio
Giovanna .Adalgisa Giana
Monterone one......................Ar .Artidoro Mauceri
Marullo. .........................Ele Elena Pompeo
Borsa .Aristide Neri
1 a Contessa .Adalgisa Giana
Paggio. .Adalgisa Giana
Orchestra director Maestro Antonio Fugazzo-
la; chorus master. Maestro Giovanni Baravelli;
concert master, Sgnor Mario Cargnino; harp
ist SiRnorina Lucia Cimini.