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Poison scene and collapse in Paris opera tale
In a Paris opera house a young singer feigns indifference as the leading man falters on stage. Gennaro collapses after a poisoned goblet. the audience shrugs, while De Lancy dies. Valerie, stunned by the death and the crowd’s reaction, flees by carriage, then falls into a brain fever at home as relatives wrestle with the shock.
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de Laney
Monsieur Rinval
Pescator
Avival
Gennaro
de Lancy
Siketet
Asel
Lucretia
Mo Sieur de Lancy
Valerie
Madame de Vermanville
Duches Hall
Mademoiselle
Rinval
Finette
Paris