Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Ileana Cotrubas (Leïla), Alain Vanzo (Nadir), Guillermo Sarabia (Zurga) & Roger Soyer (Nourabad)
Georges Prêtre
Bizet's score was posthumously mucked around with, and this 1977 recording was the first reliable edition. Fine singing from Cotrubas and Nadir.
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Ileana Cotrubas (Leïla), Alain Vanzo (Nadir), Guillermo Sarabia (Zurga) & Roger Soyer (Nourabad)
Georges Prêtre
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Bizet's score was posthumously mucked around with, and this 1977 recording was the first reliable edition. Fine singing from Cotrubas and Nadir.
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Contents and tracklist
- Choeurs De Theatre National De L'Opera (lead vocals), Guillermo Sarabia (baritone), Alain Vanzo (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (lead vocals), Roger Soyer (lead vocals)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Paris Opera Orchestra, Jean Laforge
- Georges Prêtre
- Recorded: 1977-07-27
- Recording Venue: 18-27 July 1977 / Salle Wagram, Paris
Les Pêcheurs de perles - Opera in three acts (edition based on the original 1863 version; orchestration of restored material by Arthur Hammond) (1990 Digital Remaster), Act I: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet) (Nadir, Zurga)
Track length3:27
Hélas! Qu'ont-ils fait de Leïla? (Nadir, Villagers, Fishermen, High Priests, Nourabad)
Track length2:52
Awards and reviews
September 2006
Bizet's score was posthumously mucked around with, and this 1977 recording was the first reliable edition. Fine singing from Cotrubas and Nadir.
