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 ...

French composer Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) was 25 years old when his opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), first premiered at the Theatre-Lyrique in Paris. Even though Bizet was a ...

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, ...

It may be less celebrated than Carmen, but this work by Georges Bizet has remained a regular fixture in opera houses around the world, helped in no small part by the universal popularity of its ...

From Naples comes a less than sharp revival of Bizet’s best nearly-nearly opera. The Pearl Fishers is always worth hearing for its gorgeous tunes and the composer’s most individual selection of a ...

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 ...