Name: L'Africaine
Start: 2013-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro La Fenice

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Organization

Singer

Soprano

Jessica Pratt

Inez

Zuzana Marková

Veronica Simeoni

Sélika

Patrizia Biccirè

Tenor

Gregory Kunde

Vasco de Gama

Antonello Palombi

Emanuele Giannino

Don Alvaro

Baritone

Angelo Veccia

Nelusco

Luca Grassi

Bass

Luca Dall'Amico

Don Pedro

Davide Ruberti

Don Diego

Mattia Denti

Le grand inquisiteur

Rubén Amoretti

Le grand-prêtre de Brahma

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Bordignon

Anna

Conductor

Emmanuel Villaume

Stage director

Leo Muscato

Set designer

Massimo Checchetto

Costume designer

Carlos Tieppo

Video designer

Fabio Iacquone

Luca Attili

Lighting designer

Alessandro Verazzi

Chorus master

Claudio Marino Moretti

Teatro La Fenice

Others

Coro del Teatro La Fenice

Orchestra

Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice

French

L'Africaine -  (The African Woman)

Venice

Italy

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.

L'Africaine
Opéra in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
Libretto by Eugène Scribe
First performance in Paris, Opéra, 28 April 1865

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