The Pearl Fishers

The Pearl Fishers (Photo: Catherine Ashmore)

Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

London Coliseum Get directions

First Performance 16/06/2014

Closing 05/07/2014

Running Time 2h30

Penny Woolcock revisits her acclaimed 2010 production to bring this compelling tale of friendship to life once again.

Exploring themes of desire and rejection, longing and loss, and religious strictures, The Pearl Fishers features Bizet’s memorable melodies, colourful orchestration and evocative choruses.

From the opening sequence’s mesmerising underwater paradise to the reality of designer Dick Bird’s shanty town setting, Woolcock’s staging seeks to reveal the truth lurking beneath Bizet’s Orientalist confection.

Best known as a filmmaker, Woolcock has enjoyed previous success with operas including Doctor Atomic, which was staged by ENO in 2009.

This production is sung and surtitled in English.

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Cast

Sophie Bevan, John Tessier, George von Bergen, Barnaby Rea

Creative

Director - Penny Woolcock

Producer - English National Opera & the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Designer - Dick Bird

Choreographer - Andrew Dawson

Lighting Designer - Jen Schriever

Author - Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré

Translated By - Martin Fitzpatrick

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