Excerpt from La Gioconda: An Opera in Four Acts
Act I takes place on card Enzo’e vessel, and on the bank of the Fusina Lagoon. The sailors are mousing); Barnaba arrives with I 0, both disguised as fishermen, and the s y despatches Is po to summon os war galleys. He then opal-ts; Enzo comes on deck, and son s the crew below, leavin him on deck, waiting for Laura, w o presently arrives. The reunited lovers determine to set during the ui ht; Enzo goes below to complete his preparations, and Laura prays to the Vir gin for aid. Giocon a rushes upon her and is about to slay her, but on Laura lifting up the rosary, remembers it was the grateful gift of La Oieca; ‘ves her own mask to Laura, calls up two boatmen, and sends Lowra away in safety before the arri of Alvise and Barnaba. The Venetian galleys bear down on the Hecate, which is set on fire b Enzo as the curtain falls.
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