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NORMA
Surtitles
Copyright July 1, 1998
BALTIMORE OPERA COMPANY - William Yannuzzi
ACT ONE
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Go to the summit of the hill, Druids.
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Watch the heavens
for the moon to rise. |
13,1,3 |
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And with the first smile
of its virginal face... |
13,4,1 |
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...have the priests sound
the mystical bronze three times. |
14,2,2 |
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Will Norma appear
to cut the sacred mistletoe? |
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Yes, Norma will appear. |
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Speak to her, terrible
god,
with your prophetic spirit. |
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Inspire her with hatred
for the Romans, and with anger. |
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Move her to end this peace,
intolerable to us. |
16,2,3 |
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Yes, he will speak words of terror
from these ancient oaks. |
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He will free Gaul
of the enemy eagles. |
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He will shake his shield
like a clap of thunder. |
17,3,3 |
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Its mighty roar will echo
in the city of the Caesars. |
18,1,1 |
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The mighty thunder of his shield
will echo in the city of the Caesars! |
18,2,2
(Down at 19,2,3) |
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O Moon, make haste to rise! |
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Norma will come to the altar.
O Moon! Make haste! |
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The voices grow silent.
We may enter the sacred grove. |
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-In that grove is death, Norma warned
you.
-You utter a name that chills my blood. |
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