L’AFRICAINE
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer
L’AFRICAINE
San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco, 1988
Soloists:
Shirley Verrett (Sélika)
Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Inès)
Orchestra, Chorus:
Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet of the San Francisco Opera
Conductor:
Maurizio Arena
Director:
Lotfi Mansouri
Location:
San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco
Plácido Domingo as Vasco da Gama and Shirley Verrett as the African queen, whom he has enslaved, star in Giacomo Meyerbeer‘s spectacular grand opera L’Africaine, in a colourfully exotic production by Lotfi Mansouri, under the sensitive musical direction of Maurizio Arena. The visual splendour of Wolfram Skalicki‘s designs matches the vocal distinction of the cast of this seldom performed masterpiece. Director Brian Large captured this magical performance from the San Francisco Opera House for video in 1988.
Label:
Arthaus Musik
Genre:
Oper
Running Time:
194
Picture Format:
4:3
Sound Format:
PCM Stereo
Resolution:
1080i High Definition (Upscale), 192kHz / 48kHz
Number of Discs:
1
Region:
0
Languages:
FR
Subtitle Languages:
FR, GB, DE, ES, IT
EAN:
0807280918199
UPC:
807280918199
Blu-ray:
109181
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