Booseys Guide to the Opera Containing the Plots And Incidents of All the Well
Booseys Guide to the Opera Containing the Plots And Incidents of All the Well
Alfred Scott Gatty
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Vasco and Don Pedro quarrel, and Vasco is only saved from being shot by Don Pedro's orders through Selika, who threaten to kill Ines if Don Pedro does not spare his life. The Act ends with a storm and an invasion of the ship by Indians, who board it through the portholes. In the next Act Vasco is a prisoner of the Indians. Selika, it appears, is their queen. Vasco is condemned, but is saved by Selika, who declares he is her husband. To this untruth * First performed at Covent Garden in the yea&... 1865. I/AFRICAINE. 41 Nelusko is obliged to swear, much against his will, inasmuch as it is to save his rival's life. Don Pedro and his crew have all been killed when the vessel was boarded, but Vasco was found chained in the hold, and was brought to shore alive. The Indian priests, while believing Selika's story of her marriage, insist upon its being repeated with Hindoo rites. Vasco con- sents, and the marriage ceremony is just ending when Vasco hears the voice of Ines in distress. She and her women are being led to be sacrificed.
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