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Les pêcheurs de perles

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This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 30, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 11:31, 18 September 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

The Pearl Fishers, with Caruso, in 1916
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera by the French composer Georges Bizet, with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, first performed on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient Ceylon, the opera tells how two men's vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for a woman, who is herself conflicted between secular love and her sacred oath as a priestess. The duet "Au fond du temple saint", generally known as "The Pearl Fishers Duet", is one of the best-known numbers in Western opera. Although well received by the public and by other composers, notably Hector Berlioz, initial press reaction to the work was generally hostile. Though not revived in Bizet's lifetime, the opera became popular in Europe and America, and eventually bcame a staple the repertory of opera houses worldwide. The loss of Bizet's original score meant that, until the 1970s, productions were based on versions with significant departures from the original; recently, efforts have been made to reconstruct the score in accordance with Bizet's intentions. Modern critics have detected premonitions of the composer's genius which would culminate, 10 years later, in Carmen. (Full article...)
150th anniversary of the premiere, 2 points, 1 year FA, 1 point, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]