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The Indian Queen, Z.630 (semi-opera)Key: C
Year: c.1690
Genre: Opera
Pr. Instrument: Voice
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Act 1: Prologue
- 1.Trumpet Tune
- 2.Solo: Wake, Quivera, wake
- 3.Solo: Why should men quarrel?
- 4.Solo: By ancient prophesies
- 5.Duet: If these be they
- 6.Reprise: Trumpet tune
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Act 2
- 1.Symphony and Dance
- 2.Solo and Chorus: I come to sing great Zempoalla's story
- 4.Solo: Scorn'd Envy
- 3.Trio: What flatt'ring noise
- 5.Solo: I fly from the place
- 6.Solo: Begone, curst fiends of Hell
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Act 3
- 1.Dance
- 2.Solo: You twice ten hundred deities
- 3.The God of Dreams rises
- 4.Solo: Seek not to know
- 5.The God of Dreams descends
- 6.Trumpet Overture
- 7.Duet: Ah! how happy are we
- 8.Duet: We the spirits of the air
- 9.Solo: I attempt from Love's sickness
- 10.Third Act Tune
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Act 4
- 1.Prelude and Song: They tell us that your mighty powers
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Act 5
- 1.Symphony
- 2.Chorus: While thus we bow
- 3.Solo: You, who at the altar stand
- 4.Symphony and Chorus: All dismal sounds
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