In a season otherwise filled with blockbusters (MADAME BUTTERFLY, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE) and a company premiere (FLIGHT), it initially seems an odd choice to close out their first full season since ...

In Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, the plot centers on the two best friends, Nadir and Zurga who will always be together — until the priestess Leila arrives and both fall in love with her. The rarely ...

They don’t keep stats in opera the way they do in baseball. If they did an opera’s On-Stage Percentage, its OSP, would top the list and George Bizet’s “Carmen” would be a true superstar. But if you ...

“Die Walkure” is the show you really need to catch at Lyric Opera at the moment. But if the prospect of devoting five hours of your busy life to Wagner is daunting, you can always treat yourself to ...

‘The Pearl Fishers’ is an opera that takes you on a trip to the ancient island of Ceylon, and is the story of forbidden love. Sean Panikkar and John Moore discuss the production by the Lyric Opera of ...

Houston Grand Opera’s current production of “The Pearl Fishers” — a brightly colored, musically enthralling love triangle between two old friends and a Brahmin priestess in long-ago Ceylon — ...

The plot of “The Pearl Fishers” is essentially simple. Zurga, leader of the fishers, and Nadir are old friends, who in Act I meet after a long separation. They recall the time, years before, when they ...

They don’t keep stats in opera the way they do in baseball. If they did an opera’s On-Stage Percentage, its OSP, would top the list and George Bizet’s “Carmen” would be a true superstar. But if you ...