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The Pearl Fishers – The Other Duet
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 24th July 2012Everyone knows the first act duet for tenor and baritone from Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers. Less well known is the second act love duet for soprano and tenor – ‘Léïla! Léïla!…Dieu puissant, le voilà!’ The story which I’ve resisted summarizing in previous posts on this opera is a love triangle. A Ceylonese Vestal Virgin (Léïla) …
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