Vasco de Gama

No, Georges Bizet was not only the composer of Carmen, the French opera most frequently performed around the world. In a career spanning less than twenty years, he produced works in every genre: orchestral music, piano pieces, cantatas, operas, songs and more besides. He showed an early mastery of orchestration, and was soon able to give free rein to his taste for orientalism and folklore. This portrait offers a chance to discover works that were never performed during his lifetime, indeed some which had to wait until 2024 for their premiere. Of particular note is the 'ode-symphony' Vasco de Gama, which illustrates the Romantic taste for vast historical epics, and Le Retour de Virginie, a cantata for the Prix de Rome presented by the composer to his teacher in 1855. Piano music and melodies remind us that Bizet was also a sought-after salon composer, whose talent posterity has consecrated in songs like La Coccinelle and Les Adieux de l'hotesse arabe.

Comment s'est forgée la légende de Vasco de Gama, ce navigateur qui contrairement à Christophe Colomb ne tint pas de journal de bord ? Quelles furent exactement les tribulations de cet aventurier ? C'est à ces deux questions que l'historien répond. Concernant la légende, Sanjay Subrahmanyam analyse à parts égales les archives orientales et celles de l'occident. Concernant l'expédition à Calicut qui jeta les bases de l'expansion commerciale des Portugais dans l'Océan indien, il décrit longuement les conditions concrètes de la traversée…

At a late stage of composition, Meyerbeer changed the name of his opera L'Africaine to Vasco da Gama and completed it the day before his death in 1864. The Belgian musicologist and composer François-Joseph Fétis then made changes and created a performance version from the extensive score material, retaining the title L'Africaine, before the opera was premiered in April 1865. The plot revolves around the famous Portuguese navigator and a series of love entanglements depicted in a magnificent Grand Opéra. This production is based on the critical edition of the full score and reflects Meyerbeer's original intentions.

At a late stage in its composition Meyerbeer changed the name of his opera L’Africaine to Vasco da Gama and completed it the day before he died in 1864. Changes were then made by the Belgian musicologist and composer François-Joseph Fétis who prepared a performing version from the extensive score material, retaining the title L’Africaine, before the opera’s premiere in April 1865. The plot concerns the famed Portuguese navigator and his series of love entanglements cast as a magnificent grand opéra. This production is based on the critical edition of the full score and reflects Meyerbeer’s original intentions.

Vasco da Gama 9’s HD Professional version offers a comprehensive package that is bound to convince users with its GPS database featuring approx. 238,000 cities and villages. Optimum user friendliness and technical convenience are guaranteed through the capability to import GPS tracking routes directly. The same applies to GPS data from images, which can be assigned to the corresponding locations automatically.

Vasco da Gama 9’s HD Professional version offers a comprehensive package that is bound to convince users with its GPS database featuring approx. 238,000 cities and villages. Optimum user friendliness and technical convenience are guaranteed through the capability to import GPS tracking routes directly. The same applies to GPS data from images, which can be assigned to the corresponding locations automatically.

Vasco da Gama 9’s HD Professional version offers a comprehensive package that is bound to convince users with its GPS database featuring approx. 238,000 cities and villages. Optimum user friendliness and technical convenience are guaranteed through the capability to import GPS tracking routes directly. The same applies to GPS data from images, which can be assigned to the corresponding locations automatically.

Vasco da Gama 9’s HD Professional version offers a comprehensive package that is bound to convince users with its GPS database featuring approx. 238,000 cities and villages. Optimum user friendliness and technical convenience are guaranteed through the capability to import GPS tracking routes directly. The same applies to GPS data from images, which can be assigned to the corresponding locations automatically.

Vasco da Gama 9’s HD Professional version offers a comprehensive package that is bound to convince users with its GPS database featuring approx. 238,000 cities and villages. Optimum user friendliness and technical convenience are guaranteed through the capability to import GPS tracking routes directly. The same applies to GPS data from images, which can be assigned to the corresponding locations automatically.