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lafricaine meyerbeer san francisco opera full frame
the great placido domingo stars as the passionate explorer vasco de gama in lotfi mansouris colorfully exotic critically acclaimed production for the san francisco opera conducted by maurizio arena . enormously popular in the 19th century lafricaine is set in the days of the great explorations . shipwrecked on the african coast de gama returns to portugal with two captives and falls in love with one of them a beautiful east indian queen the spectacular shirley verrett . however their relationship is threatened by the re emergence of de gamas former love lines when a new expedition launched by the explorers rival is shipwrecked .
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