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| Composers | Genres | Operas | Libretti | Arias | About | |
| Opera | |
| Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 | |
| Don Quichotte | |
| Act 1 - Act 2 - Act 3 - Act 4 - Act 5 | |
| Libretto | |
| Synopsis | |
| The garden of Dulcinée's House Music and dancing, a party is in progress, but Dulcinée is melancholy. Rousing herself, she snatches a guitar and sings 'Ne pensons qu'au plaisir d'aimer'. All retire to dinner. Sancho and Don Quichotte arrive. While waiting for Dulcinée, Sancho asks for his reward to which Don Quichotte responds with vague promises of an island, a castle, riches. Dulcinée and her party greet the knight and he returns the necklace to universal acclaim. However when he asks her to marry him he is greeted with hysterical laughter. Taking pity, Dulcinée tells the others to leave, apologizes but explains that her destiny, her way of life, is different from his. She kisses him on the forehead and leaves. But the company return to make fun of the old man. Sancho vigorously upbraids them and takes his master away. | |
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