A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Africaine, L'

by J. A. Fuller-Maitland

AFRICAINE, L'. Grand opera in 5 acts; words by Scribe, music by Meyerbeer. The composer received the book in 1838, but did not bring the work into its final shape until shortly before his death. Produced at the Académie, Paris, April 28, 1865; in Italian, under the French title, at Covent Garden on July 22 of the same year, with Madlle. Lucca in the part of Selika, and in English (translation by Kenney with same title) at Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, Oct. 21. [See ii. 323, 324.]

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