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Additional authors

1. Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
2. Verrett, Shirley.
3. Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
4. Swenson, Ruth Ann.
5. Díaz, Justino.
6. Devlin, Michael, 1942-
7. Skinner, Philip.
8. Arena, Maurizio, 1935-
9. Mansouri, Lotfi.
10. Large, Brian.
11. Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
12. San Francisco Opera.
13. Arthaus Musik (Firm)
14. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
15. KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
16. RM Arts (Firm)

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Vasco da Gama returns to a Portugal seething with political 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.

Subject

1. Operas
2. Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 > Drama

Note

1. Opera in 3 acts.
2. "A co-production of WNET, KQED and RM Arts in association with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ORF."
3. Program notes in German, English and French inserted in container.

Credits (note)

1. Director, Lotfi Mansouri ; directed for television and video by Brian Large.

Event (note)

1. Recorded Sept. 1988.

System details (note)

1. DVD 9; PAL; PCM stereo.

Language (note)

1. Sung in French with English, French, German and Spanish subtitles.