Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama)
Michael Spyres (Vasco da Gama), Claudia Mahnke (Sélika), Brian Mulligan (Nélusko), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Don Pédro), Thomas Faulkner (Don Diego), Kirsten MacKinnon (Ines), Bianca Andrew (Anna), Michael McCown (Don Alvar)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Antonello...
What has kept the piece in the repertoire is singing and it’s the cast that make this new recording, with Michael Spyres every inch the heroic explorer Vasco de Gama...He dominates the Act 1... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Opera
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Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk): Ouverture
- Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk), Act I
- Kirsten MacKinnon, Bianca Andrew, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Kirsten MacKinnon (soloist), Bianca Andrew (soloist), Kirsten MacKinnon, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Kirsten MacKinnon, Thomas Faulkner, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Hyun Ouk Cho, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Thomas Faulkner (soloist), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (soloist), Hyun Ouk Cho (soloist), Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Thomas Faulkner, Magnús Baldvinsson, Michael McCown, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Magnús Baldvinsson (soloist), Michael McCown (soloist), Michael Spyres, Michael McCown, Magnús Baldvinsson, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Thomas Faulkner, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Michael Spyres (soloist), Michael Spyres, Magnús Baldvinsson, Thomas Faulkner, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Thomas Faulkner, Brian Mulligan, Claudia Mahnke, Michael Spyres, Michael McCown, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Brian Mulligan (soloist), Claudia Mahnke (soloist), Michael Spyres, Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Michael McCown, Thomas Faulkner, Magnús Baldvinsson, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Michael Spyres, Magnús Baldvinsson, Thomas Faulkner, Michael McCown, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Anna, qu'entends-je (Inès, Anna)
Romance. Adieu, mon doux rivage (Inès)
Mon père, par votre ordre (Inès, Don Diégo, Don Pédro, L’huissier)
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk), Act II
- Michael Spyres, Claudia Mahnke, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Michael Spyres (soloist), Claudia Mahnke (soloist), Claudia Mahnke, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Brian Mulligan (soloist), Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Michael Spyres, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Claudia Mahnke, Michael Spyres, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Michael Spyres, Claudia Mahnke, Kirsten MacKinnon, Brian Mulligan, Bianca Andrew, Michael McCown, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Andreas Bauer Kanabas (soloist), Kirsten MacKinnon (soloist), Bianca Andrew (soloist), Michael McCown (soloist)
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Entr'acte - Vogue, vogue, mon beau navire (Vasco, Sélika)
Air du Sommeil. Sur mes genoux, fils du soleil (Sélika)
Nélusko! - Pour l'honneur de notre souveraine (Sélika, Nélusko)
Air. Peut-être! - Achève!… (Sélika, Nélusko, Vasco)
Recitative. Le maître a-t-il faim? - Duo. Terrible et fatal promontoire (Sélika, Vasco)
Final. On nous l’avait bien dit! (Don Pédro, Vasco, Sélika, Inès, Nélusko, Anna, Don Alvar)
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk), Act III
- Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Andreas Bauer Kanabas (soloist), Isaac Lee (soloist), Patrick Henckens (soloist), Thomas Charrois (soloist), Hyeonjoon Kwon (soloist), Kirsten MacKinnon (soloist), Michael McCown (soloist), Brian Mulligan (soloist), Michael Spyres (soloist), Claudia Mahnke (soloist), Bianca Andrew (soloist), Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Michael McCown, Kirsten MacKinnon, Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Isaac Lee, Frankfurt Opera Chorus and Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra featuring Antonello Manacorda
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Entr'acte
Le rapide et léger navire (Chorus, Don Pédro)
Debout matelots, l’équipage debout! (4 Sailors, Chorus)
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk), Act IV
- Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Magnús Baldvinsson (soloist), Brian Mulligan (soloist), Claudia Mahnke (soloist), Hyung Kwon Lee (soloist), Michael Spyres (soloist)
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Entr’acte - Entrée de la Reine - Marche indienne
Nous jurons par Brahma - Recitative. Jamais, tu l’as juré (High Priest, Chorus, Nélusko, Sélika, A Priest)
Soleil, qui sur nous (Chorus)
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama, Ed. Jürgen Selk), Act V
- Kirsten MacKinnon, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Kirsten MacKinnon (soloist), Kirsten MacKinnon, Michael Spyres, Claudia Mahnke, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Michael Spyres (soloist), Claudia Mahnke (soloist), Claudia Mahnke, Kirsten MacKinnon, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Brian Mulligan (soloist), Claudia Mahnke, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Claudia Mahnke, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda, Claudia Mahnke, Brian Mulligan, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and Antonello Manacorda
- Oper Frankfurt
- Antonello Manacorda
Entr'acte - Recitative. Là-bas, sous l’arbre noir (Inès)
Ne m’abusé-je pas? (Inès, Vasco, Sélika)
Duo. Avant que ma vengeance (Sélika, Inès)