Excerpt from The Mascot: Comic Opera in Three Acts
In the Third Act, the scene lies in the large hall of an Italian inn, in the duchy of Pisa. Soldiers of the Pisan army are carousing in honor of their recent victories, gained under the lead of Frederic, over the armies of Lorenzo. Pippo appears as a captain and friend of Frederic, and Bettina, as a young trooper, in which disguise she has fought through the war, as the companion of Pippo. They reveal their real names and persons to Frederic, and Pippo declares his ih tention to leave the army and marry Bettina at once. While the preparations are making for the wedding, Lorenzo, Fiametta and Rocco disguised as strolling minstrels, and wandering through the country to gain a living in their altered condition, resulting from the reverses of the war meet the bridal party at the inn - make tl em selves known to each other, and after pioper explanations on all sides, Fiametta goes back to her old lover, Frederic, and the wedding oi Bettina and Pippo IS celebrated with general reioicing.
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