It has taken the Met Opera 100 years to get Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles back on the stage, but the new production the company unveiled in a gala New Year's Eve premiere is such a spectacular success, beautifully sung and acted by a splendid cast and chorus, it should secure the opera a place in the repertory for years to come. With Diana Damrau as Leila, the priestess who is the object of two friends' obsession; Matthew Polenzani as Nadir, the pearl diver who loves her; and Mariusz Kwiecien a...
Met Opera: A Lustrous "Pearl Fishers" to Ring in the New Year
The Huffington Post - 3 Jan 2016 20:21
It has taken the Met Opera 100 years to get Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles back on the stage, but the new production the company unveiled in a gala New Year's Eve premiere is such a spectacular success, beautifully sung and acted by a splendid cast and chorus, it should secure the opera a place in the repertory for years to come. With Diana Damrau as Leila, the priestess who is the object of two friends' obsession; Matthew Polenzani as Nadir, the pearl diver who loves her; and Mariusz Kwiecien a...
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