Plácido Domingo as Vasco da Gama and Shirley Verrett as the African queen, whom he has enslaved, star in Giacomo Meyerbeer‘s spectacular grand opera L’Africaine, in a colourfully exotic production by Lotfi Mansouri, under the sensitive musical direction of Maurizio Arena. The visual splendour of Wolfram Skalicki’s designs matches the vocal distinction of the cast in this seldom performed masterpiece. Director Brian Large captured this magical performance from the San Francisco Opera House for video in 1988.

Cast:
- Sélika: Shirley Verrett
- Vasco da Gama: Plácido Domingo
- Inès Ruth: Ann Swenson

Stage direction by Lotfi Mansouri
Directed for television and video by Brian Large

Live from the San Francisco Opera House, 1988

‘Domingo was the honeyed, ringing Gama of everyone’s expectations, Verrett as lustrous and inward a Sélika as ever, Ruth Ann Swenson a gemlike Inès.’ - Opera Magazine

Blu-ray Disc with High Resolution Audio in 192 kHz

This series of Hi-Res Audio releases features the pure sound experience of studio master tapes, available digitally for the first time in their uncompressed form. The 24 Bit resolution with 192 kHz sampling rate enable a whole new way to listen to the original.

Sound Formats: PCM 192 kHz / 48 kHz
Picture Format: 4:3
Languages/Subtitles: FR (Original Language), GB, DE, ES, IT
Blu-ray Disc 50 GB (Dual Layer)
Resolution: 1080i High Definition (Upscale)
Running Time: 194 mins
FSK: 0
Region: worldwide