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

Soprano

Jessica Pratt

Ines

Zuzana Marková

Veronica Simeoni

Selika

Patrizia Biccirè

Ténor

Gregory Kunde

Vasco da Gama

Antonello Palombi

Emanuele Giannino

Don Alvar

Baryton

Angelo Veccia

Nélusko

Luca Grassi

Basse

Luca Dall'Amico

Don Pédro

Davide Ruberti

Don Diego

Mattia Denti

Le grand inquisiteur de Lisbonne

Rubén Amoretti

Le Grand Prêtre de Brahma

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Bordignon

Anna

Direction d'orchestre

Emmanuel Villaume

Mise en scène

Leo Muscato

Décors

Massimo Checchetto

Costumes

Carlos Tieppo

Video

Fabio Iacquone

Luca Attili

Lumières

Alessandro Verazzi

Direction de choeur

Claudio Marino Moretti

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Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice

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L'Africaine

Venise

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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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