The Pearlfishers: Opera Australia Melbourne
Lo spettacolo
The Pearlfishers paints a picture of paradise, of golden sands and colourful silks. That soul‐stirring, chart‐topping Pearlfishers duet is just one highlight of a beautiful score. Conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire, and featuring Emma Matthews, Dmitry Korchak and José Carbó, this new Pearlfishers offers audiences a chance to hear Bizet’s passionate music in a new light.
In the hands of master storyteller Michael Gow, Bizet’s romantic opera is a compelling tale. Two men swear loyalty to each other but as the opera unfolds, temptation duels with duty, true hearts turn black with jealousy and rash choices bring regrets. The Australian playwright and director is drawn to the history behind the lavish cultural stereotypes. The lustre of a pearl can't tell the story of its gruesome industry, a trade where cruel men count pearls above a fisher's life or livelihood. But Gow can.
Robert Kemp's sets and costumes honour Ceylon's colonial past, marrying vivid colours and exotic beauty with signs of decay: a crumbling temple and a once‐great manor against a tropical sky.
Cast/Produzione
Production:
Conductor, Guillaume Tourniaire
Director, Michael Gow
Set & Costume, Designer Robert Kemp
Lighting Designer, Matt Scott
Fight / Movement Coordinator, Scott Witt
Leïla: Emma Matthews
Nadir: Dmitry Korchak
Zurga: José Carbó
Nourabad: Steven Gallop
Opera Australia Chorus
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
