Òpera versió concert Les pêcheurs de perles

Les pêcheurs de perles, Georges Bizet's opera, comes to the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Marc Minkowski conducting Musiciens du Louvre and a cast led by Pene Pati, Elsa Dreisig and Florian Sempey.

An early work by Bizet, this opera sets its story in a world of romantic exoticism in which love and duty, oath and desire end up colliding with one another. The production focuses on the lyrical and contemplative dimension of the score rather than on its dramatic contrasts.

Marc Minkowski conducts Musiciens du Louvre in a transparent reading with nuanced colours, attentive to the vocal line and the clarity of the musical language. The orchestral pulse alternates the calm of a sea at rest with the tension of the passions hidden beneath the surface, something the conductor develops with precision.

In the cast, Pene Pati voices Nadir with a luminous tone and a performance of "Je crois entendre encore" marked by vulnerability and ardour. Elsa Dreisig portrays Leïla, a priestess torn between faith and her heart, and Florian Sempey gives Zurga a wounded nobility whose outcome is presented as an act of compassion. The Gran Teatre del Liceu hosts this production in Barcelona.