The Pearl Fishers

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Event The Pearl Fishers
Venue Trust Bank Theatre, South Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 29 October 1992
Last Date 7 November 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description 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
Georges Bizet Composer
Text Nationality France
Further Information Written when Bizet was 24.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 202889