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A trip to Africa : a comic opera in 3 acts
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- Creator
- Franz von Suppé
- Other Title
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- Parallel title on container: Afrikareise : Operette in 3 Acten
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Great Britain] : Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain, [2016]
- Physical Details
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- 2 audio discs : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- audio file
- CD audio
- OCLC
- on1338694317
- Credits
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- Imperial Vienna Orchestra; Octagon Singers; Selina Hawker (Titania Fanfani, the heiress), Bob Arnett (Fanfani Pasha, her uncle), Andrew Inglis (Miradillo, a European), Djinh Kamei (Antarsid, Prince of the Maronites), Rebecca Hunt (Tessa, a young milliner from Palermo), Felicity Devonshire (Buccametta, her mother), Dhilan Gananadurai (Pericles, hotel keeper), Fearghus Cooper (Nakid, a coptic dealer in poisons and perfumes, and a Muezzin), Samantha Hawkins (Sebil, an Abyssinian slave); Dario Salvi, conductor; Mary Rae, choir director
- Title from disc label.
- Operetta in 3 acts; lyrics and text by Emil Schwab, Hannah Salvi and Dario Salvi; original German libretto and lyrics by Moritz West and Richard Genée.
- Premiered at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 17 March 1883.
- Performance based on material from an American production which included all the music from the original Austrian production as well as the songs not used in the American run of the opera.
- Program notes, including plot summary, in English inserted in container.
- Forms part of: Wisconsin Music Archives.
- Recorded live 3 December 2016 Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, United Kingdom.
- Sung in English; original text in German.