. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . can production December 1, 1865,with a cast including Saxe, Batteo, Naudin and Faure, and manyrevivals have taken place since that time. Minnie Hauk, , Mme. Bettaque, Mme. Breval, Lillian Nordica andMme. Litvinne are some of the famous prima donne who haveappeared as Selif^a. Vasco di Gama has been sung by Campanini,Giannini, Perotti, Grienauer, Dippel, de Reszke and Tamagno; andNelusko by Faure, Scotti, Stracciari
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . can production December 1, 1865,with a cast including Saxe, Batteo, Naudin and Faure, and manyrevivals have taken place since that time. Minnie Hauk, , Mme. Bettaque, Mme. Breval, Lillian Nordica andMme. Litvinne are some of the famous prima donne who haveappeared as Selif^a. Vasco di Gama has been sung by Campanini,Giannini, Perotti, Grienauer, Dippel, de Reszke and Tamagno; andNelusko by Faure, Scotti, Stracciari and Campanari. Produced at theNew Orleans Opera December 18, 1869. Some of the importantNew York revivals were in 1901 with Breval, de Reszke, Adams,Plancon and Journet; 1906, with Caruso (his first appearance inthe role), Fremstad, Plancon and Journet. Strangely enough, Scribe gave Meyerbeer the libretto in 1838,and part of the music was written then, but the two could notagree as to alterations, and it was not until 1852 that Scribe fur-nished a revised book. The work was not completed until 1860,nor produced until 1865, two years after Meyerbeers death. 11. VICTROLA BOOK OF THE O P E R A — L A F R I C A I N E Characters in the Opera SELIKA, () a slave, formerly an African princess Soprano INEZ, (Ee-nez) daughter of Don Diego Soprano ANNA, her attendant Contralto NELUSKO, (Nay-loos-koh) a slave, formerly an African chief Basso DON PEDRO, (Don Pay-dwh) President of the Royal Council Basso GRANDE INQUISITORE Basso DON DIEGO, (Don Dee-ay-goh) Member of the Council Basso High Priest of Brahma () Basso DON ALVAR, Member of the Council Tenor VASCO DI GAMA, (Vahs-koh dee Gah-man) an officer in the Portuguese Navy, TenorChorus of Counsellors, Inquisitors, Sailors, Indians and Attendant Ladies. The action occurs in Portugal, on Don Pedros ship at sea, and in I—Council Chamber of the King of PortugalThe first scene occurs at Portugal, in the Kings Coun
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