L'Africaine

Composer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Librettist

Eugène Scribe

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1972

Language

French

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Jean Périsson

Stage Director(s)

Lotfi Mansouri

Sets designed by

Wolfram Skalicki

Costumes designed by

Amrei Skalicki

Executed by

Grace Costumes, Inc., New York

Lighting Designer

Robert Brand

Chorus Director

Byron Dean Ryan

Choreographer

Norbert Vesak

Musical Preparation

Susan Webb

Cast

Inès

Evelyn Mandac

Anna

Gwendolyn Jones

Don Diego

Daniel Sullivan

Don Pedro

Simon Estes

Usher

John Glenister

Grand Inquisitor

Philip Booth

Don Alvar

Erik Townsend

Vasco da Gama

Plácido Domingo

Sélika

Shirley Verrett

Nélusko

Norman Mittelmann

First Sailor

Peter Van Derick

Second Sailor

Eugene Lawrence

High Priest of Brahma

Allan Monk

Priest

Jonathan Huie

Show Dates

Fri, Nov 3 1972, 8pm

Tue, Nov 7 1972, 8pm

Sun, Nov 12 1972, 2pm

Wed, Nov 15 1972, 8pm

Sat, Nov 18 1972, 8pm

Broadcast

Fri, Nov 3 1972, 7am

11/3/1972, live broadcast, KKHI.

Time and Place

Early sixteenth century

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Council chamber of the King of Portugal in Lisbon

Scene 2 -- The prison of the Inquisition

Act II -- Aboard Don Pedro's ship at sea

Act III, Scene 1 -- Temple of Brahma

Scene 2 -- A promontory overlooking the sea

Media

SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1972_01_compressed.pdf (23.19 MB)

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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11/3/1972, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission #1 talk Lotfi Mansouri and Shirley Verrett (guests), #2 Richard Woitach and Reginas Resnik (guests).

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