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.
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