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Madame PucciniAct 2

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Father Michelucci enters from the bakery and sits on the bench eating a roll.

Father

Pno.

13

13

The

1

sky is

Father

Pno.

16

ov - er - cast to -

16

day. It

Father

Pno.

19

looks like a

19

storm ap - proach - - - ing.

Father

Pno.

22

We don't

22

need a storm from Mo - ther


Father

Pno.

25

Na - - - ture.

25

Ma - - - dame Puc - ci - ni's storm

Father

Pno.

28

is all we can

28

stand for now.

Doria

Pno.

31

31 2 Con Moto

Fa - ther Mi - chel - luc - ci,


Doria enters from stage right.

Doria

Father

Pno.

34

it is good to see you.

34

Dor - i - a, how are you to - day? Come and sit with me a

Father

Pno.

38

bit. I

38

want - ed to talk with you, Dor - i - a.

Father

Pno.

43

Ma - dame Puc - ci - ni has been

43

say - ing some ver - y un - kind things a -


Father rises.

They both sit on the bench

Doria

Father

Pno.

46

Fa - ther,

bout you.

46

she has been tell - ing no - - - thing but

Doria

Pno.

49

lies.

49

insistent

3

Lies a - bout me and lies a - bout the Maes - tro.

Doria

Pno.

53

She has talked to

53

ev- 'ry-one in the vil - lage. I can - not go an - y - where


Doria

Pno.

57

with - out some- one look - ing at me.

57

But it is worse for the Maes - tro. Puc -

Doria

Pno.

60

ci - ni is a

60

great man. This

Doria

Pno.

63

4

vil - lage has nev - er seen a great - er

63

man. He has not worked in months.

Doria

Pno.

66

She has dried up his

66

in - spi - ra - tion. For me it does not mat - ter but for


Doria

Father

Pno.

69

him she must be

69

stopped.

Ma - dame Puc -

5

ci - ni makes some

Doria

Father

Pno.

72

ver - y ser - i - ous

72

char - ges. She says withherown eyes she saw you and the

Father

Pno.

76

Maes - tro in an a - dul - ter - ous af -

76

fair. She says it has been go - ing on for some


Father

Pno.

79

time now. She

79

says she is not the on - ly wit - ness but I - da and Bep - pe have

Doria

Father

Pno.

82

Fa - ther,

al - so wit - nessed these things.

826

you have heard me say o - ver and o - ver that there

Doria

Pno.

85

is no truth to

85

an - y of it. Ma - dame lies so of - ten


Doria

Father

Pno.

88

peo- ple are start - ing to be -

88

lieve her.

rit

7 Meno Mosso

Dor - i - a, I am

Doria

Father

Pno.

92

not here to judge you

92

or Ma - dame Puc - ci - ni. I will pray for

Thank you

you

Doria

Pno.

97

Fa - ther. Per -

97

haps that is the on - ly sol - u - tion af - ter all.


Doria rises from the bench.

Father rises from the bench.

Father

Pno.

102

102

Elvira

Father

Pno.

106

Andante

Fa - ther, a

106

mo - ment please.

Ma-damePuc - ci - ni, may I help you find a way to

Elvira

Father

Pno.

110

end this cam - paign of

110

yours? The vil - lage is in such a

In - deed you

ter - ri - ble up - roar.


Doria exits into the bakery, Father starts to exit stage left

Elvira enters stage left.

Elvira

Father

Pno.

114

can, Fa - ther. Per - haps it's

114

you who can end it al - to - ge - ther.

What can I do?

Elvira

Pno.

117

8

117

Con Moto

Elvira

Pno.

121 agitated

You know what an e - vil

121

per - son Dor - i - a Man - fre - di


Elvira

Pno.

124

is.

124

She must be dri - ven out of the

Elvira

Pno.

128

vil - lage. She is not

128

fit to as -

9

so - ci - ate with de- cent pe - ople.

Elvira

Pno.

132

You must not

132

fail to help me with this.


Elvira

Father

Pno.

136

Ma- dame Puc -

136 10

ci - ni you must calm your -

Father

Pno.

139

self.

139

You must con - si - - - - der

Father

Pno.

142

what you are

142

say - ing.

11

What


Father

Pno.

146

you are acc -

146

u - sing. Who

Elvira

Father

Pno.

150

you are acc -

150

u - sing.

12

Elvira

Pno.

154

154

I know what I know. I


Elvira

Father

Pno.

159

know what I

159

saw. In my own vil - la. In front of my own eyes.

What

Father

Pno.

165

13

have you

165

seen? Your hus - band says they are inn - o-cent. You have ac -

Elvira

Father

Pno.

170

cused them but you

170

have no proof.14

I saw them em -brace each


Elvira

Pno.

174

oth - er.

174

Fa - ther, I am not a fool.

Elvira

Pno.

177

I am not

177

blind. They dis - hon - or the name Puc -

Elvira

Father

Pno.

180

ci - ni.

Ma- dame Puc -

180 15

ci - ni, you have no ba - sis for your acc - u -


Father

Pno.

183

sa - tions.

183

You must con - trol your - selfself and stop this

Father

Pno.

187

hate.

187

Elvira

Pno.

191

191 16

Fa - ther, I am right. I will not

Elvira

Pno.

195

rest un - til Dor - i - a Man -

195

fre - di is gone,


Elvira

Pno.

199

per - ma -nent - ly.

199

Pno.Adagio Lamento

202

espressivo

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

207

207

Dor - i - a.17

It is more than I can

Doria

Pno.

211

bear, Maes - tro.

211

To hear her tell - ing ev' - ry - one that you have done this ev - il.


Elvira exits into the butcher shop. Father exits stage left. Puccini enters stage right heading for the general store.He meets Doria entering from the bakery carrying a package. Doria begins crying, sits down on the bench and placesher package on the bench beside her.

Doria

Pno.

214

Your name will be re -

214

vered like Ver - di. To bring dis - hon - or to

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

217

you like this...

Dor - i - a we have

217

with firmness as well

18

no - thing at all to be a - shamed of. Like

Puccini

Pno.

220

you this is more than I can

220

bear. I can - not make her stop this mad - - - ness. For


Doria

Puccini

Pno.

224

you this is a liv - ing

224

angry

I do not care what she says a - bout me.

hell.

Doria

Pno.

226

19

But your great name must

226

not be stained. I must prove to ev' - ry -

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

229

one your in - no-cence.

229

as before

There is no - thing we can do ex -


Doria

Puccini

Pno.

232

cept wea- ther out the

232

resolved

20

I pro - mise you I will do more than that.

storm. An - y - thing you or

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

235

I do will

235

just make mat - ters

You know the truth.

worse.

Doria

Pno.

238

Soon ev'- ry - one will know the

238

truth as well.


Doria exits stage right.Puccini heads for the general store.Tello enters stage left and stops him.

Mama

Tello

Pno.

242

Agitato

There he is, the great

242

man.

Tello

Pno.

247

The great

247

man who dis - hon - ored my sis - ter. The great man who has ru - ined my

Puccini

Tello

Pno.

251

name.

25121

Tel - lo I swear to you a - gain there is no - thing be - tween your


Puccini

Pno.

255

sis - ter and me. My

255

wife is in - sane. Her ran- tings and ra - vings are com - ple - tly with - out foun -

Puccini

Tello

Pno.

259

da - tion.

259 22Who do you ex - pect to be - lieve that? The whole vil - lage knows a - bout

Tello

Pno.

263

you. We all

263

know you have chased ev' - ry - thing in skirts all your life.


Puccini

Tello

Pno.

267

Where there is smoke there is

267 23

There

fire.

is no fire.

You have

Tello

Pno.

271

ru - ined my fam - 'ly.

271 Piu Mosso

Tello

Pno.

276

24

passionately - always intense

If I

276

had a gun in my hand I would kill you on this


Tello lunges towards Puccini. Puccini pushes him away.

Tello

Pno.

281

ve - ry

281

spot.

25

You do not de -

Tello

Pno.

286

serve to

286

live. I des - pise you. May you rot.

Tello

Pno.

291

My

291 26

sis - ter can - not hold her head up in the vil - lage. My

Tello

Pno.

296

par - ents dis -

296

hon - ored as well.

27

We have


Tello

Pno.

301

all be -

301

come out - cast. You must pay for all of

Tello

Pno.

306

this.

306Piu Mosso28

Mama

Pno.

311

311

Tel - lo. Stop. Leave the Maes - tro a - lone.

Mama

Pno.

315

315 29

Tel - lo. Do what your mo - ther


Tello attacks Puccini. They struggle.

Tello stops and glares at Puccini with clenched fists.

Mama

Tello

Pno.

319

says. You will

319

not do this. Leave the Maes - tro a - lone.

Ma - ma, he must

Mama

Tello

Pno.

324

pay for what he's

324

That is

done.

30

not for you to say. I want you to go and

Mama

Tello

Pno.

330

leave the Maes - tro a -

330

lone.

Ma - ma...

Meno Mosso

Do what I say.


Tello backs off and goes over to Mama Manfredi

Mama

Puccini

Pno.

336

31336

rit.

Tempo Primo

Thank you Ma - ma Man - fre - di.

angry

I did

Mama

Pno.

342

not

342

do it for you. My

32

fam - 'ly has

Mama

Pno.

348

had e -

348

nough

suf - f'ring and mis - 'ry. We do not need


Tello glares at Puccini and exits stage left.

Mama

Pno.

353

a - ny

353

more. This would on - ly make mat - ters worse, not

Mama

Puccini

Pno.

359

bet - ter.

359

rit.

Meno Mosso33

pleadingly

Ma - ma Man -

Puccini

Pno.

365

fre - di, my

365

name is an old one. I am the fourth gen - e - ra - tion of a fam - 'ly of mu -


Puccini

Pno.

371

si - cians.

371

We have al - ways been a well res - pec - ted fam - 'ly. I swear to

Mama

Puccini

Pno.

377

tenuto

you there

377

is no truth to

34 Piu Mosso

That may

this.

be, but e - ven so it does not

Mama

Pno.

383

mat - ter.

383

Ma - dame Puc - ci - ni is pro - ving if you re -


Mama

Pno.

388

peat the

388

lie of - ten the lie be - comes the truth. The

Mama

Puccini

Pno.

393

truth does

393

not mat - ter.

rit.

35 Meno Mosso

I am

Puccini

Pno.

398

a - shamed

398

of all this. I am sor - ry for you and your


Mama

Puccini

Pno.

404

fam - 'ly.

404

I wish I could stop it.36

rit.

Maes - tro,

rit.

can you

Mama

Puccini

Pno.

410

not con - trol your

410

wife.

rit.

No,

rit.

I am a - fraid it is she

Puccini

Pno.

415

who is con- trol - ing

415

all of us.

rit.


Elvira

Pno.

421

421

Very Menacing

You dare show your - self in

Elvira

Pno.

426

pub - lic? Your

426

3

fam - 'ly should not be seen in the light of day. You should crawl a - long the streets at

Elvira

Pno.

430

night with the o - ther ver - min.

43037

Mama

Pno.

435 full of hatred

You may be 'la don - na Puc -

435

ci - ni' and me a sim- ple pea - sant wo - man, but


Puccini exits into the general store. Elvira enters from the butcher shop.

Elvira

Mama

Pno.

439

no-thing on God's Earth gives you the

439

right to speak to me like

You

that.

Elvira

Pno.

443

38

dare to speak of

443

rights. What

Elvira

Pno.

445

right did your whore of a daugh - ter have to

445

take a - way my hus - band?


Elvira

Mama

Pno.

447

39If you no lon- ger have a

447

hus - band it is be - cause you have driv - en him a -

You should be

way.

Elvira

Pno.

451

beg - ging my for -

451

give - ness. You should be crawl - ing on your knees to

Elvira

Pno.

454

me. I will

454

see your whole fam - 'ly ban - ished from this vil - lage.


Mama Manfreid spits on the ground in front of Elvira.

Elvira

Pno.

457

Peo - - ple dis -

457

pose of their trash.40

Doria

Pno.

461

461

Ma - ma, what is wrong?

Mama

Pno.

466

466

I just spoke with Ma -dame Puc - ci - ni. She is worse than ev - er.


Elvira exits into the bakery.

Mama sits heavily on the bench as ifstunned. Doria enters stage right.

Doria

Mama

Pno.

469

You should not be here.

469

If she should see you...41

I re - turned for the

Doria

Pno.

472

pack - age I left here.

472

What lies is she tell - ing now?

Mama

Pno.

476

476

Dor - i - a...Andante con Moto


Mama

Pno.

480

I be - lieve

480

ev - 'ry-thing you say

Mama

Pno.

483

Dor - i - a. Your

483

bro - - - ther be - lieves the

Mama

Pno.

486

lies.

486

Peo - ple are talk - ing,

Mama

Pno.

490

peo - ple are

490

look - ing. They say he has


Mama

Pno.

493

done it be -

493

fore, it must be true.

42

Mama

Pno.

497

497

I will tell you what I told the

Mama

Pno.

502

Maes - tro,

502

Dor - i - a. The truth does not mat - - -

Mama

Pno.

507

ter.

507

Peo - ple be - lieve it, that is what mat - ters. The


Mama

Pno.

512

lie be -

512

comes the truth.43

Mama

Pno.

517

517

You must wait.

Mama

Pno.

522

She will

522

stop. Peo - ple will for - get. Stay out of

Mama

Pno.

527

sight.

527

I be - lieve ev - 'ry-thing you say,


Mama

Pno.

531

Dor- i - a.

531

Ev- 'ry-thing will be all - right.

Mama

Pno.

535

44535

I must see to

Mama

Pno.

539

Tel - lo.

539

He may do some - thing fool - ish.

Pno.

542

rit.


Mama Manfredi exits stage left.

Elvira

Pno.

546

Sempre Furioso546

How dare

Elvira

Pno.

551

you show your -

551

self on the street? Your mo - - - - ther is a -

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

556

shamed to be

556

seen.

Ma - dame Puc - ci - ni, please, I am


Doria starts to exit stage right. Elvira enters from the bakery.

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

561

You must

in - no - cent.

561

leave my hus - band a - lone.

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

566

45566

The Maes - - -

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

571

tro is

571

in - no - cent.

You tart. You slut. You


Elvira

Doria

Pno.

576

whore.

576

I am none of those things.

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

581

You have

581

ru - - - ined my life.

Elvira

Pno.

586

46586

You dare


Elvira

Doria

Pno.

591

591

stay here.

Why won't an - y - one be -

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

596

lieve me?

596

You dare walk the street in broad day - light?

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

601

601 47

None of it is true.


Elvira

Doria

Pno.

606 cresc.

You should

606

cresc.

flee to the far - thest end of the Earth.

Please

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

611

lis - ten to

611

me.

48

You have ru - ined my

Elvira

Pno.

616

hus - band's

616

name. He was a well res - pec - ted man.


Elvira

Pno.

621

621

Peo - - - ple looked up to him.

Elvira

Pno.

626

Now his

626

life is ru - ined.

49

And it is be -

Elvira

Pno.

631

cause of

631

you. He can - not bring him - self to

Elvira

Pno.

636

work.

636 50

And it is all your


Elvira

Pno.

641

fault.

641

He will nev - er write a - gain.

Elvira

Pno.

646

Yes, you had

646

bet - ter run a - way. You

Elvira

Pno.

651

lit - tle

651

whore.

51

cresc.

Soon - er or

cresc.

lat - er, as

Elvira

Pno.

656

sure as the Ma -

656

don - na, I will drown you in the lake with my own


Doria begins to run away stage right.

Puccini enters from the general store.

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

661

hands.

El -

661

vi - ra, leave her a - lone.

Elvira

Pno.

666

52

Don't tell me to

666

leave her a - lone. You are in no po - si - tion to be

Elvira

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

671

tell - ing me

671

an - y - thing.

Maes - tro, please.

53

You

She

I can't


Elvira

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

675

tart, you

is des -

stand

675

slut,

troy - - - ing

an - y more of

you whore.

you.

this.

You must leave

You

I hav- en't

Elvira

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

679

and

must de -

writ - ten a

679

nev - er re -

fend your -

note

turn.

self.

in months.

54

You

Some- thing

She

are an

must be

won't


Elvira

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

684

e - vil

done to

lis - ten to me

684

per - son.

save you.

at all.

Why

The truth

Some - - -

do you

bod - y

stay here?

must be

must

Elvira

Doria

Puccini

Pno.

689

known.

do some- thing.

689 55

This is going to


Doria

Pno.

694

end

694

to - day. Ev - - -

Doria

Pno.

699

'ry - - -

699

one will know the

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

704

truth.

704 56

There is on - - -


Doria

Pno.

709

ly

709

one thing left.

Doria

Pno.

714

Maes - - -

714

tro, I must say

Elvira

Doria

Pno.

719

good -

719

bye.57

Pno.

724


Doria begins crying and runs off stage right.Puccini starts after her, then stops.

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

730

Moderato Con Moto

Per -

730

haps now that she is leav - ing we will have some peace.

Puccini whirls around:

angry

You have

Puccini

Pno.

735

gone too

735

far. Your in - san - i - ty is too

Puccini

Pno.

738

much. What you have

738

done to that poor girl is be -


Puccini

Pno.

741

yond be - lief.

741

I will not

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

744

live with you an - y

744

lon - ger.

angry

Do not

Elvira

Pno.

747

58

make threats to

747

me. You are just as much to


Elvira

Pno.

750

blame for this as

750

she is. You are

Elvira

Pno.

753

more res - - pon - si - ble than

753

I.

Puccini

Pno.

755

59

I am not the

755

one spread - ing

Puccini

Pno.

757

poi - son

757

like a


Puccini

Pno.

759

black

759

wid - ow spi - - - - -

Puccini

Pno.

762

der. I am

762

not the one spew - ing forth

Puccini

Pno.

765

day af - ter

765

day

60

un - til the en -

Puccini

Pno.

768

ti - re vil - lage

768

is up - set.


Elvira

Pno.

771

61

You are the one who is

771

not man e - nough

Elvira

Pno.

773

to be con- tent with his

773

wife. You are the one who

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

776

ev - 'ry - one in this vill - age has been

776

gos - sipp - ing a - bout for years.

El - vi - ra,


Puccini

Pno.

779

I am

779

done with you. I am leav - ing for

Puccini

Pno.

782

Par - is to - night

782

and I shall not

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

785

re -

785

I have

turn.63

heard


Elvira

Pno.

788

this be -

788

fore as well. I

Elvira

Pno.

791

know your

791

threats and they

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

793

mean

793

no - thing.

64

You will soon


Puccini

Pno.

796

re- a-lize that

796

this time is diff - 'rent.

Puccini

Pno.

799

I will

799

not be back.

Puccini

Pno.

802

You will

802

nev - - - er see me a -

Puccini

Pno.

805

gain.

805

Per - haps you will


Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

808

re - a - lize your

808

You

cru - el - ty.

65

make a big

Elvira

Pno.

811

speech but it is

811

all to cov - er up. You

Elvira

Pno.

814

know I am

814

right. You know you are


Elvira

Pno.

817

wrong. You

817 66

can - - - - - not change

Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

820

that.

820

Good - bye El - vi - ra.

Pno.

824 67

Pno.

827


Puccini starts to exit stage left.

Father

Pno.

Allegro Agitato

832

832

extremely agitated

My God

Puccini

Father

Pno.

837

in

837

hea -ven...

Fa - ther Mi - chel - luc - ci, what is it?

Elvira

Puccini

Father

Pno.

842

68

What is

842

wrong? Father looks at Puccini

She is dead.

Father looks at Elvira

She is


Father Michelucci enters stage right.

Puccini

Father

Pno.

848

dead.

848

Who? Who is dead?

Elvira

Father

Pno.

854

Dor - i -

854

a Man - fre - di is

69

dead.

Father

Pno.

860

Dead.

860

She swal - lowed some poi - son and has killed her -


Puccini

Father

Pno.

865

God in

self.

865

hea - - - ven.

She left a note. It

Father

Pno.

871

said she was

871

in - no - cent of ev - 'ry - thing.

70

It al - - - so

Father

Pno.

876

said

876

that she was pure. The


Father

Pno.

881

doc - tor

881

ex - am - ined her and ver - i - fied

Father

Pno.

886

that

886

it was true. She was

71

tell - - -

Father

Pno.

891

ing the

891

truth. You were tell - - - ing the

Father

Pno.

896

truth.

896

Have

72

you an - y con- cept


They both turn and look at Elvira.

Father

Pno.

902

of the

902

harm you have caused here to - day?

Elvira

Pno.

908

908

It is not I who have caused the

Elvira

Pno.

914

harm

914

here.

73

You must turn your gaze to


Elvira

Puccini

Pno.

920

see the

920

guil - ty par - - - ty.

Still you in - sist on your way.

Puccini

Pno.

926

Ev - en

926

now in the face of proof pos - i - tive.

Elvira

Mama

Pno.

931

My

931

Dor - i - a is

74

dead and it's your fault.


Tello and Mama Manfredicome running in fromstage right.

Elvira

Mama

Pno.

936

She

936

would not be dead ex - cept for your e - vil ac - cu -

Elvira

Mama

Puccini

Tello

Father

Pno.

941

sa - - -

941

tions.

75

I spoke

You

This

You

What an

no - - - thing

are an

trag - e - dy

will

in - no - cent

but the

e - vil

is be - yond be -

pay for

young


Elvira

Mama

Puccini

Tello

Father

Pno.

946

truth.

wo - man.

lief.

this.

girl.

946

You can -

And

How could

This

Her life

not

you will

it have gone

crime

was all be -

blame me for

rot in

this

must be

fore


Elvira

Mama

Puccini

Tello

Father

Pno.

950

this.

hell.

far?

pun - ished.

her.

950 76

Her guilt

My

Dor - i - a did

You

And

made

daugh- ter has

not

are an

now

her

killed her -

have to

e - vil old

it's

do it.

self.

do it.

hag.

o - ver.


Elvira

Mama

Puccini

Tello

Father

Pno.

955

This is

And

She was

You will

Tra - ge - dy

955

not

it is

not to

not

be -

my

your

blame.

get a -

yond be -

fault.

fault.

way with it.

lief.77

I should

Tello

Pno.

960

kill you right

960

now for what you did to my


Tello

Pno.

965

sis - ter.

965

I'll make you pay for this.

Father

Pno.

970

970 78

Tel - lo stop. You

Father

Pno.

973

can - not do

973

this. Do not

Father

Pno.

976

make a

976

tra - gic day more tra - gic. Dor - i - a would


Tello lunges for Elvira.

Puccini stands in between.Father restrains Tello.

Tello

Father

Pno.

981

not

981

want you to

Are you

do this.

sure of that fa - ther?

79

Why do you

Tello

Pno.

987

think she

987

killed her - self? It was the on - ly

Tello

Pno.

992

way to

992

stop Ma -dame Puc - ci - ni.


Tello

Pno.

80

997

It was the

997

on - ly way to make us be -

Tello

Pno.

1002

lieve her.

1002

She is count - ing on us to

Tello

Pno.

1007

make her

1007

pay for what she has done.

Tello

Pno.

81

1012

You can - not

1012

run a - way. You must pay


Puccini starts to lead Elvira off stage left.

Tello

Pno.

1017

for

1017

this.

82

This will most cer - tain - ly

Tello

Pno.

1022

not be the

1022

end of it. I will see

Tello

Pno.

1027

to

1027 83

that.

Pno.

1032


Pno.

1037


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