John Malveaux: Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera 'L'Africaine' has not been performed in the United States since 1988

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine has not been performed in the United States since 1988. The role of Selika was sung by Jesse Norman in 1971 and Shirley Verrett in 1988.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoTNo5Zz3RU