Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine": French grand opera and the Iberian exotic

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Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine": French grand opera and the Iberian exotic

Meyerbeer's grand opera L'Africaine (1865) tells the story of the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's triumphant journey back from the east African coast and his love for an African slave. It raises questions relating to the representation of miscegenation and Iberi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Andrews, Jean
Format:	Article
Published:	Modern Humanities Research Association 2007
Subjects:	Grand Opera Meyerbeer Vasco da Gama Miscegenation Iberian Portuguese
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32099/

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