Premiering 12 years before Carmen, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers is a spellbinding, lyrical gem in its own right. Its very famous duet “Au fond du temple saint” underscores the bond at the heart of the ...

‘The Pearl Fishers’ is an opera that takes you on a trip to the ancient island of Ceylon, and is the story of forbidden love. Sean Panikkar and John Moore discuss the production by the Lyric Opera of ...

A rarely performed gem of the opera world, The Pearl Fishers is noted for its extraordinary musical beauty. Composed 12 years before Bizet's masterwork Carmen, this opera tells the story of two best ...

Tickets: Student $10 / Senior (65+) $16 / Adult $20; nromusic.com or call (970) 453-5825 The Metropolitan Opera High Definition broadcast of Georges Bizet’s opera, “The Pearl Fishers,” will be held at ...

SEATTLE — “The Pearl Fishers,” a tragic opera in three acts set in ancient Ceylon, came early in Georges Bizet’s short composing life. It never achieved the super-nova status of “Carmen,” but “Pearl ...

"The Pearl Fishers" is part of the “First of Firsts” series, a program designed to bring new Virginia Opera productions to audiences and bring new audiences to the opera. The performance showcases the ...

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" from Jan. 23-26, followed by Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" from ...

In Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, the plot centers on the two best friends, Nadir and Zurga who will always be together — until the priestess Leila arrives and both fall in love with her. The rarely ...

Dancers rehearsing for The Lyric Opera’s “The Pearl Fishers,” which will feature sets and costumes designed by the famed Zandra Rhodes. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City Orientalism, the 19th century ...

If Georges Bizet had not composed Carmen—one of the three or four greatest operas ever written—perhaps his earlier opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), would be better known. As it is, ...

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on September 30, 1863 at ...

Alfredo Daza as Zurga and René Barbera as Nadir during the dress rehearsal for the Dallas Opera's production of Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers' at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas on Thursday, March 31, ...