Nélusko in a new production of ‘L’Africaine’ at Oper Frankfurt
Brian Mulligan returns to Oper Frankfurt for Tobias Kratzer’s new production of Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine as Nélusko. Having premiered in 1865, and originally set in the fifteenth century, Tobias Kratzer brings this production to the space age. Complete with astronauts and a spacewalk, this eccentric new production features Mulligan’s character Nélusko as a blue creature from another galaxy. Performances of L’Africaine run from February 25 to April 2. Designer Rainer Sellmaier created the compelling costumes and set, with lighting by... {...}