File:L'Africaine 1865 - settings - Gallica.jpg

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Description

English: Settings for the 1865 premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine (press illustrations). The stage designs for Act I (Council Scene) and Act II (Dungeon Scene) were created by Auguste-Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon; for Act III (Sea Scene and Shipwreck) and Act IV (Hindu Temple), by Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph-François-Désiré Thierry; for Scene 1 of Act V (Queen's Garden, not shown), by Jean Baptiste Lavastre; and for Scene 2 of Act V (The Machineel Tree), by Edouard-Désiré-Joseph Despléchin. (Ref: Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2008). An Introduction to the Dramatic Works of Giacomo Meyerbeer: Operas, Ballets, Cantatas, Plays, p. 174. Hampshire, England: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754660392.)

Date

circa 1865

Source

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Author

Set designs:
Acts I & II:



Alternative names	Auguste Alfred Rube
Description	French decorative painter, theatre designer and scenographer
Date of birth/death	20 June 1817 / 1815	13 April 1899 / 1899
Location of birth/death	9th arrondissement of Paris	10th arrondissement of Paris
Authority file	: Q50356404 VIAF: 27326121 ISNI: 0000000107983351 ULAN: 500057774 LCCN: n97859004 SUDOC: 145243818 WorldCat

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Alternative names	Philippe Chaperon; Philippe-Marie Chaperon
Description	French painter and decorator
Date of birth/death	2 February 1823	21 December 1906
Location of birth/death	Paris	Lagny-sur-Marne
Authority file	: Q26241155 VIAF: 70691093 ISNI: 0000000121021925 ULAN: 500235822 LCCN: n97860056 SUDOC: 148459439 WorldCat

Acts III & IV:



Alternative names	Charles Cambon
Description	French painter and scenographer
Date of birth/death	21 April 1802	20 October 1875
Location of birth/death	Paris	3rd arrondissement of Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q5074717 VIAF: 44561712 ISNI: 0000000121306082 ULAN: 500235821 LCCN: n97858052 GND: 1057313777 WorldCat

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Alternative names	Birth name: Joseph-François-Désiré Thierry; Joseph Francois Desire Thierry; Joseph Francois Désiré Thierry; Joseph François Désiré Thierry
Description	French painter and theatre designer
Date of birth/death	13 March 1812	11 October 1866
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Authority file	: Q60041019 VIAF: 51950030 ISNI: 0000000066582147 ULAN: 500105908 LCCN: n97859183 SUDOC: 146367103 WorldCat

Act V, Scene 2:



Alternative names	Birth name: Édouard-Désiré-Joseph Desplechin Edouard Despléchin
Description	French painter and scenographer
Date of birth/death	12 April 1802	10 December 1871 / 1870
Location of birth/death	Lille	Paris
Work period	1817 –1870
Work location	France
Authority file	: Q3579809 VIAF: 20149366095085601278 ISNI: 0000000122799798 LCCN: n97872348 GND: 136350410 SUDOC: 127617965 WorldCat

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L'Africaine

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Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- L’Africaine (Oper)
Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Charles-Antoine Cambon
Usage on he.wikipedia.org
- האפריקנית
Usage on hu.wikipedia.org
- Az afrikai nő
Usage on it.wikipedia.org
- Charles-Antoine Cambon
Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
- アフリカの女
Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
- Afrikanskan

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File change date and time	15:57, 5 November 2010
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