They had both fallen in love with a Hindu priestess named Leila and vowed to relinquish their romantic inclinations.Īccording to village beliefs, only a virgin priestess can maintain the calm seas and keep divers safe. Zurga is the leader of the village and Nadir had been away for a year. The plot starts with the reunion of two fishermen, Nadir and Zurga, who had been friends since they were children. The sea is an omnipresent force throughout. The opera begins magically with the sight of pearl fishers swimming behind a scrim-actually three dancers on wires with video projections. As she explains in one of the extras on the DVD, she kept the Far East setting but moved the time period from the ancient era to the present day. Here, Woolcock proves she is equally inspired by an exotic setting (originally Ceylon, now Sri Lanka). 16, 2016 Metropolitan Opera production of Georges Bizet’s rarely performed opera.ĭirector Penny Woolcock is primarily known for tackling provocative modern subjects, such as “Doctor Atomic” (which she directed at the Met) and “The Death of Klinghoffer,” as well as film documentaries about dog fighting and street gangs.
Erato, a division of Warner Classics, has issued a DVD of the Jan. While Bizet’s “Carmen” is one of the world’s most popular operas, “The Pearl Fishers” (“Les Pêcheurs de Perles”) on the other hand, had not been done at the Met since 1916.
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