
Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Alexander Tchaikovsky

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Carl Maria von Weber — Gustav Mahler

Antonín Dvořák

Dmitri Shostakovich

Mieczysław Weinberg

Giacomo Puccini

Richard Strauss

Benjamin Britten

Richard Strauss

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Modest Mussorgsky

Grigory Frid. Udo Zimmermann

Giuseppe Verdi

Antonio Salieri

Giuseppe Verdi

Dmitri Shostakovich

Giuseppe Verdi

Alexei Verstovsky
Umberto Giordano
Hector Berlioz

Georges Bizet

Gaetano Donizetti

Sergei Prokofiev. Maurice Ravel

Anton Rubinstein

Pyotr Tchaikovsky


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Giacomo Puccini

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Benjamin Britten. Camille Saint-Saëns

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Gaetano Donizetti

Sergei Banevich

Georges Bizet

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

George Frideric Handel

Sergei Prokofiev

Jacques Offenbach

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Tatiana Kamysheva

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Georg Philipp Telemann

Dmitri Shostakovich
Giuseppe Verdi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Dimitry Rostovsky

Richard Wagner

The premiere of the opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet, written to the libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, took place on the stage of the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on the 30th of September 1863. It was the first opera by the twenty-four-year-old composer to be presented on stage.
The plot consists of a story about a competition between two friends, pearl divers Zurga and Nadir, who are both in love with the wonderful Leïla. It unfolds against exotic landscapes of the island of Ceylon (an unusual environment of exotic countries was used as an additional attraction for the public in many French operas). So, Leïla would have to make a choice, which is far more complicated: between duty and emotion. As with many romantic plots, the emotion wins: a priestess of Brahma, Leïla does not remain indifferent to the passionate confessions of Nadir and breaks the vow of purity and celibacy. An execution awaits the lovers, but they suddenly manage to escape and flee custody during a fire, which was organised by Zurga. In the key moment of the narrative, the perjury of the priestess, the echoes of two famous predecessors of Bizet can be “heard”: La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini and Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. The obsession with feelings defined the lyrical tone that prevails in the music. It is no coincidence that the most recognisable pages of Les Pêcheurs de Perles are the melancholically beautiful romance of Nadir and the duet of Nadir and Zurga from the first act, filled with memories and vows of eternal friendship.
Premiered on December 10, 2020.
Presented with two intervals.
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Act I
Pearl fishermen are getting ready for the new fishing season. They meet in the place which is the most important in the life of their community. They have to choose the leader from their midst, and Zurga becomes the head fisherman.
Nadir appears, and Zurga recognizes him as his old friend. Some time ago they fell in love with the same girl, called Leïla, and parted their ways not to become enemies.
Nadir agrees to stay with the fishermen. He assures Zurga that he has overcome his feelings and nothing can stand in the way of their friendship now.