Page "learned" Paragraph 1096
from
Brown Corpus
Curiously, this scene is a close parallel to one that Verdi was writing at the same time, the scene between Amonasro and Aida.
Rangoni and Amonasro have the same purpose -- forcing the girl to charm the man she loves into serving her country's cause -- and their tactics are much the same.
Rangoni begins by describing the sad state of the Church ; ;
this brings a reaction of distress from Marina.
The music becomes ethereal as he calls up a vision of her own sainthood: it is she, he tells her, who can bring the truth to Russia and convert the heretics.
As if in a trance, she repeats his words -- then realizes, with a shock, her own audacity.
This is no assignment for a frivolous girl, she assures him.
Page 1 of 1.
1.843 seconds.