Les pêcheurs de perles
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Les pêcheurs de perles is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in
Final scene of act 1 (La Scala, 1886)
From left to right: Giuseppe De Luca (Zurga), Frieda Hempel (Leila) and Enrico Caruso (Nadir), in the New York Met 1916 production
Michel Carré
Théâtre Lyrique (centre right), Paris, where Les pêcheurs de perles received its first performance on 30 September 1863
Théâtre Lyrique
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The Théâtre Lyrique was one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century. The company was founded in 1847 as the Opéra-National by the French composer Adolphe Adam
The Théâtre Lyrique on the Boulevard du Temple
A scene from Si j'étais roi (1854)
Chollet in 1840
Marie Cabel in La promise (1853)