The Pearl Fishers

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Event The Pearl Fishers
Venue James Hay Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 22 July 1999
Last Date 31 July 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Set in Ceylon, and seldom performed. Leila is a Brahmin priestess, sworn to a life of celibacy. The plot involves love, betrayal, jealousy, and death as Leila and one of the pearl fishers, Nadir, defy social and religious laws by falling in love. This unleashes the wrath of the whole community, and in particular the spurned Zurga, Nadir's friend and the leader of the pearl fishers. Torn between his love for both Nadir and Leila and his jealousy and anger at their treachery, Zurga must decide their fate….
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Greer Robertson Choreographer
Nan Anderson Chorus Director
Georges Bizet Composer
Brian Castles-Onion Conductor
Pamela Maling Costume Designer
Elric Hooper Director
Grant Robertson Lighting Designer
Adrienne Pearson Repetiteur
Mark McEntyre Set Designer
Karen Anslow Singer
Jud Arthur Singer High Priest Nourabad
Andrew Dalley Singer Zurga
Dwayne Jones Singer Nadir
Jenny Wollerman Singer Leila
Text Nationality France
Further Information Written when Bizet was 24. Sung in French with surtitles.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 190579