Seattle Opera Premiers The Pearl Fishers: A Visual & Auditory Spectacular That Captivates From Beginning To Closing Curtain

To be transparent and honest, until last Saturday's Opening Night of Georges Bizet's classic The Pearl Fishers at Seattle Opera, I had never been to the opera. The frozen tundra of Duluth, Minnesota (where I was raised) may have had opera, but my people were too busy worrying about survival during Minnesota winters and summer mosquitoes for such cultural diversions. Accordingly, the production of The Pearl Fishers I attended seemed like magical poetry set to music and performed by an amazingly c...