L'africaine
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Opera in three acts.
Dolby digital surround sound.
Synopsis (7 p.) laid in container.
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 Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra ; Maurizio Arena, conductor.
Vasco da Gama returns to a Portugal seething with political intrigue and hypocrisy to reclaim his love and to mount a new expedition in search of a passage to Africa. The tale is complicated by unrequited love, jealousy and hatred and comes full circle on an unexplored island off the coast of Africa.
DVD format ; full screen.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Sung in French with English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment, 2001.
Year Published: 2001
Description: 1 videodisc (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
Verrett, Shirley.
Swenson, Ruth Ann.
Díaz, Justino.
Devlin, Michael, 1942-
Skinner, Philip.
Arena, Maurizio, 1935-
Mansouri, Lotfi.
San Francisco Opera.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
RM Arts (Firm)
Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Österreichischer Rundfunk.
SUBJECTS
Gama, Vasco da, -- 1469-1524 -- Drama.
Operas.