L'Africaine / Meyerbeer ; Leo Muscato, stage director ; Stéphane Vérité, director ; Oxymore, Fondazione Teatro La Fenice.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Muscato, Leo, stage director.

Vérité, Stéphane, film director.

Pratt, Jessica, singer.

Simeoni, Veronica, singer.

Kunde, Gregory, singer.

Giannino, Emanuele, singer.

Veccia, Angelo, singer.

Dall'Amico, Luca, 1978- singer.

Ruberti, Davide, singer.

Villaume, Emmanuel, conductor.

Teatro La Fenice, performer.

Oxymore (Firm), production company.

Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, production company.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (3 hr.)) : sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Oxymore : Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, [2013]

Language Note:

Sung in French; French subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Discover Meyerbeer's L'Africaine in Leo Muscato's production by La Fenice in Venice -- one of the world's greatest opera houses. A five-act opera composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer after Eugène Scribe's French libretto, L'Africaine has been influenced by the German harmony, the Italian melody but also showcases French features, such as the rhythm, the visual effects of the lyric tragedy and the sensational stories of the light opera L'Africaine was premiered on the 28th of April 1865, one year after the composer's death. It was staged at the Paris Opera House and was critically acclaimed, both from the audience and from the press. The final of the first act, the first part of the baritone's aria "Fille des rois," the Indian March, the tenor's aria "Pays merveilleux" could have only been composed by a great musician. Under the baton of Emmanuel Villaume -- who conducted such prestigious orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic of London, the NHK Orchestra, the Chinese Orchestra (during the Olympic Games in 2008) -- the orchestra of La Fenice accompanies Jessica Pratt, Veronica Simeoni and Gregory Kunde singing the parts of Inès, Sélika and Vasco de Gama. The Teatro La Fenice celebrates the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Meyerbeer's death and offers the perfect opportunity to rediscover the composer's masterpiece in Leo Muscato's spectacular staging.

Participant:

Jessica Pratt (Inés) ; Veronica Simeoni (Sélika) ; Gregory Kunde (Vasco de Gama) ; Emanuele Giannino (Don Alvar) ; Angelo Veccia (Nélusko) ; Luca dall'Amico (Don Pédro) ; Davide Ruberti (Don Diego) ; with supporting soloists ; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice ; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded live 2013 November 29 Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Africaine.

OCLC:

956370071

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