比才《采珠人》

该剧发生在古代锡兰海岸（今斯里兰卡），讲述了爱情与友谊的故事。纳迪尔和祖尔加是一对好朋友，他们发誓绝不让爱情破坏兄弟情谊。此时，一个神秘的女祭司来到锡兰。祖尔加爱上了她，但纳迪尔发现她正是长期失散的爱人莱伊娜。纳迪尔倍受煎熬，要在毕生所爱和友谊誓言之间做出抉择。纳迪尔和 莱伊娜屈服被抓，祖尔加妒火中烧，想借机处死二人。在最后时刻，祖尔加幡然悔悟，烧毁村庄，牺牲自己放走了纳迪尔和莱伊娜。 　　----- 　　Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles, set in Sri Lanka, is known above all for its unforgettable duet for tenor and baritone, but it its score is full of delightful and dramatic music. When recently staged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York it proved a major success, both for the production by Penny Woolcock and the musical performance, conducted by Paolo Noseda, with (once again) Diana Damrau as the priestess Leïla and, as the two men competing for love, the tenor Matthew Polenzani (Nadir) and the baritone Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga). Woolcock’s concept brought the production up to date, with photographic and video references to the 2004 tsunami, and offered a superb ‘aquatic’ spectacle during the overture: the whole stage appeared to be beneath the Indian Ocean and acrobatic divers ‘swam’ down from the surface (located in the flies of the theatre). 　　----- 　　The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus 　　Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.) 　　Diana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)