Opera Preview: The Pearl Fishers by Georges Bizet

This free lecture, provided to increase enjoyment and appreciation of Seattle Opera productions, will feature speaker Norm Hollingshead with recorded musical excerpts from The Pearl Fishers, by Bizet.

Thursday, October 8, 7-8pm at the Shoreline Library large meeting room, 345 NE 175th NE, Shoreline 98155.

Georges Bizet, the composer of Carmen, was only 24 in 1863 when The Pearl Fishers, his second opera, was first performed. Bizet was only given six weeks to compose the score, but his melodic genius was able to transform the weak story, set in ancient Ceylon, into one of the most popular operas of our times.

Modern audiences just adore The Pearl Fishers for its lovely and original melodies -- the most famous being the beloved "Duet from the Pearl Fishers" for tenor and baritone.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Shoreline Library.