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, ...

Octavio Moreno (arm outstretched) was in excellent voice as Zurga, chief of the seaside village. Credit: Photo courtesy of Opera in the Heights Octavio Moreno (arm outstretched) was in excellent voice ...

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 ...

Santa Fe Opera made the commendable decision to abolish its traditional 9 p.m. starting times this season, ditching the long-standing argument that the ambient light of dusk would play havoc with the ...

Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 2015, in Penny Woolcock’s acclaimed new production. Star soprano Diana Damrau sings Leïla, the virgin ...

George Bizet’s “Carmen” is one of the most popular operas of all time with an unforgettable, vivid score. This weekend the Sarasota Opera opened its production of Bizet’s “other” opera, “Les Pêcheurs ...

Houston Grand Opera’s current production of “The Pearl Fishers” — a brightly colored, musically enthralling love triangle between two old friends and a Brahmin priestess in long-ago Ceylon — ...

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Georges Bizet was just 24 when he wrote his first full-scale opera. He soon wished that he hadn’t. The Pearl Fishers, wrote one caustic Parisian critic, had “neither fishermen in the libretto nor ...

Palm Beach Opera is staging "The Pearl Fishers" for the first time in its 65-year history. Sets and costumes for the production were designed by British fashion icon Dame Zandra Rhodes. The opera, set ...

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 ...

On June 29, Santa Fe Opera presented its second production of the 2019 season, a revival of Georges Bizet's exotic THE PEARL FISHERS. First seen in Lee Blakekely's 2012 version, the production has ...