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A L E K O

1 I n t r o d u c t i o n

2 Rasskaz starika

S T A R I K

Volshebnoy siloy pyesnopen’ya

v tumannoy pamyati moyey

vdrug ozhivlyayutsya viden’ya

to svyetlïkh, to pechal’nïkh dney.

KHOR

Povyeday, starik, povyeday starik,

pered snom nam skazku o slavnom

b ï l o m .

S T A R I K

I nashi syeni kochevïye

v pustïnyakh nye spaslis’ ot byed,

i v s y u d u s t r a s t i r o k o v ï y e ,

i ot sudyeb zashchitï nyet.

A k h , b ï s t r o m o l o d o s t ’ m o y a

zvyezdoy paducheyu myel’knula!

N o t ï , p o r a l y u b v i m i n u l a

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Minutu! ZEMFIRA Tï menya pogubish’. Nyet, pora! MOLODOY TSÏGAN

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FRANCHESKA DA RIMINI Kartina vtoraya Rimini. Komnata vo dvortsye 20 Introduction 21 Moderato

PAOLO Prekrasnaya Ginevra

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nye nado sprashivat’, shto khochet on tovo zhe, shto i ona: smotret’ i mlyet’ v vostorzhennom

molchan’ye…” FRANCHESKA O nye glyadi tak na menya… Chitay! PAOLO (

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(obnimayet slabyeyushchuyu Franchesku) FRANCHESKA O, Paolo! PAOLO O, Francheska! Oba pogruzhenï v molchalivoye, vostorzhennoye sozertsaniye drug druga

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