Gran Teatre del Liceu: Les pêcheurs de perles (concert version)

Opera by Georges Bizet presented at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in a version without staging. The story follows two pearl fishers whose friendship breaks down over the love they both feel for the same woman.

Les pêcheurs de perles is an opera by Georges Bizet set on the coast of Ceylon. It tells the story of the friendship between the fishermen Nadir and Zurga, which breaks down when both fall in love with Leïla, a veiled priestess who lives bound by a vow of chastity.

This performance is given in a version without staging, so the focus falls on the music and the singing of the performers, who are placed on the stage of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The theatre is located on the Rambla in Barcelona, and its programming regularly combines opera with other disciplines.

It is a proposal designed for audiences who want to discover nineteenth-century French opera through its story of love, loyalty and conflict, without needing to follow a full staging.