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Sean Panikkar

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John Moore

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Christian Zaremba

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Andrew Sinclair

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Zandra Rhodes

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Les Pêcheurs de perles -  (The Pearl Fishers)

Kansas City

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Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Les Pêcheurs de perles Bizet

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The Pearl Fishers

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Behind the Scenes Look: The Pearl Fishers Dance Rehearsal

PASSION. BETRAYAL. VENGEANCE. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.
Two old friends, one a simple pearl diver and the other a powerful island chieftain, are unexpectedly reunited with the woman whose beauty nearly destroyed their friendship. This “goddess among us” is a veiled priestess who wards off storms and evil spirits through a life of solitude and celibacy. To break her vow means certain death, but she and the young pearl diver fan the flames of a fiery forbidden love anyway. That’s when the storm really hits the sand.

The chieftain, picking through what’s left of his village and his heart, must condemn both his best friend and his greatest desire to death. But the priestess has one final trick left up her sari.

This sensuous staging of Bizet’s exotic pre-Carmen classic explodes with expressive patterns and extravagant colors created by fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

The Pearl Fishers by Bizet, From (2019/2019), Directed by Andrew Sinclair,, Conductor Antony Walker, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, United States

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