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Vasco da Gama returns to a Portugal seething with politcal intrigue and hypocrisy, to reclaim his love and to mount a new expedition in search of passage beyond Africa. The tale is complicated by unrequited love, jealousy and hatred and comes full circle on an unexplored island off the coast of Afr...

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Corporate Authors: San Francisco Opera, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), RM Arts (Firm), Pioneer Entertainment
Other Authors: Domingo, Plácido, 1941-, Verrett, Shirley, Swenson, Ruth Ann, Díaz, Justino, Devlin, Michael, Skinner, Philip, Mansouri, Lotfi, Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Published: Long Beach, CA : Pioneer Entertainment, [1994]
Subjects:
Operas.
Gama, Vasco da, > 1469-1524 > Drama.
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Summary:Vasco da Gama returns to a Portugal seething with politcal intrigue and hypocrisy, to reclaim his love and to mount a new expedition in search of passage beyond Africa. The tale is complicated by unrequited love, jealousy and hatred and comes full circle on an unexplored island off the coast of Africa.
Item Description:French with English subtitles.
Videodisc release of the opera performed by the San Francisco Opera.
"PC 94-022."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Format:CLV extended play.
Production Credits:Conductor, Maurizio Arena ; directed for videogram by Brian Large.