Les Pêcheurs de perles

Production: Er­san Mond­tag

On Ceylon, a community of fishermen lives by diving for pearls at the risk of their lives. The veiled priestess Leïla has sworn to remain chaste, invoking through her prayers protection for the men. When Zurga is chosen as leader of the pearl fishers and his friend Nadir returns after many years, both recognize in her the woman for whom they once renounced their love out of loyalty to their friendship. As their feelings are rekindled, loyalty, faith, and desire fall into dangerous tension. Bizet’s music evokes the shimmering sea and the flickering heat of this world with vivid immediacy.