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Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

01 Jan 1988
  • United States of America
189 mins
7
1 votes
  • Music
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This was a 1988 revival of a 1971 production that teamed Domingo (Vasco da Gama) and Verrett (Selika - both then very much in their prime) in Meyerbeer's discursive swan-song. Seventeen years on, they are more statuesque than sexy, but both give larger-than-life performances that contain moments of completely thrilling vocalism. The casting is very strong, with the exception of Justino Diaz's Nelusko, which has strong presence but not much vocal allure. As Inez, Vasco da Gama's fiancee and rival for Shirley Verrett, Ruth Ann Swneson sings with great beauty and has impressive stage presence, very much holding her own in the confrontation with Verrett in the last act. Domingo is refulgent of tone and dramatically convincing, and he and Verrett strike sparks. She really comes into her own in one of the most preposterous mad-scenes in all opera, where she is slowly poisoned by the scent of a giant tree, contriving to make this dramatically truthful and even moving.
  • Plácido Domingo

    as Vasco Da Gama
  • Shirley Verrett

    as Sélika
  • Ruth Ann Swenson

    as Inès
  • Justino Díaz

    as Nélusko
  • Patricia Spence

    as Anna
  • Kevin Anderson

    as Don Alvaro
  • Michael Devlin

    as Don Pedro
  • Philip Skinner

    as Don Diego
  • Mark Delavan

    as High Priest of Brahma
  • Joseph Rouleau

    as Grand Inquisitor of Lisbon
  • Sigmund Seigel

    as A priest
  • Maurizio Arena

    as Conductor

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