Giacomo Meyerbeer - VASCO DA GAMA (L'AFRICAINE) - Act I finale

VASCO DA GAMA (L'AFRICAINE) Opéra en 5 actes Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer Libretto: Eugène Scribe First performance (as L'AFRICAINE): Salle Le Peletier, Paris, 28 April 1865 First performance: Chemnitz Opera, 2013 Act I finale (end of No. 3 - Morceau d'Ensemble et Finale) The Portuguese supreme council rejects Vasco da Gama's proposal to explore and conquer the new world. He defies them, and is imprisoned. Vasco da Gama: Bernhard Berchtold Don Pédro: Kouta Räsänen L’Inquisiteur: Rolf Broman Don Alvar: André Riemer Don Diègo : Martin Gäbler Chor der Oper Chemnitz Conductor: Frank Beermann Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz, 2013