Research Catalog

Title

L'africaine [videorecording] / [music] by Giacomo Meyerbeer ; libretto, Eugène Scribe ; directed by Lofti Mansouri ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a WNET, KQED, RM Arts coproduction [in association with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ORF].

Author

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.

Publication

Chicago, IL : Home Vision, c1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Verrett, Shirley.
• Swenson, Ruth Ann.
• Díaz, Justino.
• Devlin, Michael, 1942-
• Skinner, Philip.
• Arena, Maurizio, 1935-
• Mansouri, Lotfi.
• Large, Brian.
• San Francisco Opera. prf
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
• RM Arts (Firm)
• Bayerischer Rundfunk.
• Österreichischer Rundfunk.
• Home Vision (Firm)

Description

2 videocassettes (192 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Uniform Title

Africaine

Alternative Title

• Africaine
• Meyerbeer's L'africaine
• Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'africaine

Subjects

• Operas
• Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 > Drama

Note

• Opera in three acts.
• Synopsis (7 p.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

• Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama) ; Shirley Verrett (Sélika) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Inès) ; Justino Díaz (Nélusko) ; Michael Devlin (Don Pedro) ; Philip Skinner (Don Diego) ; other soloists ; San Francisco Opera ; Maurizio Arena, conductor.

System Details (note)

• VHS, hi-fi, stereo.

Language (note)

• Sung in French with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LVH 828 (F)

OCLC

22925279

Author

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.

Title

L'africaine [videorecording] / [music] by Giacomo Meyerbeer ; libretto, Eugène Scribe ; directed by Lofti Mansouri ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a WNET, KQED, RM Arts coproduction [in association with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ORF].

Imprint

Chicago, IL : Home Vision, c1988.

Cast

Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama) ; Shirley Verrett (Sélika) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Inès) ; Justino Díaz (Nélusko) ; Michael Devlin (Don Pedro) ; Philip Skinner (Don Diego) ; other soloists ; San Francisco Opera ; Maurizio Arena, conductor.

System Details

VHS, hi-fi, stereo.

Language

Sung in French with English subtitles.

Added Author

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Librettist

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- voc

Verrett, Shirley. voc

Swenson, Ruth Ann. voc

Díaz, Justino. voc

Devlin, Michael, 1942- voc

Skinner, Philip. voc

Arena, Maurizio, 1935- Conductor

Mansouri, Lotfi. Director

Large, Brian. Director

San Francisco Opera. Performer

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

RM Arts (Firm)

Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Österreichischer Rundfunk.

Home Vision (Firm)

Publisher No.

AFR 05 Home Vision

Research Call Number

*LVH 828 (F) Synopsis and container on file.