Les pecheurs de perles

Les pecheurs de perles dates from 1863 and represents much more than a mere operatic exercise written by a twenty-five-year-old composer. Pecheurs 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 Leila Comme autrefois, dans la nuit sombre and, above all, the superb duet between Leila and Nadir Ton cour n'a pas compris le mien. This Venetian production features an extraordinary Annick Massis as Leila and the refined staging of Pier Luigi Pizzi.