Les Pcheurs De Perles

Les pcheurs de perles dates from 1863 and represents much more than a mere operatic exercise written by a twenty-five-year-old composer. Pcheurs is, as a matter of fact, the only other Bizet opera, beside Carmen, to have remained in the repertoire. This opera contains memorable passages, which have ensured its long-lasting success and which many great singers (beginning with Caruso) have recorded and performed: for example the aria of Nadir Je crois entendre encore; the beautiful aria of Lla Comme autrefois, dans la nuit sombre and, above all, the superb duet between Lla and Nadir Ton cour n’a pas compris le mien.This Venetian production features an extraordinary Annick Massis as Lla and the refined staging of Pier Luigi Pizzi.