Wonderful piece of work
Mr JB | 12/07/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This wonderful piece of work by Bizet is not as popular as Carmen, and this is a pity, for the melodies and voice registers used by the composers are really talking to the soul. This version, although not recent, is the best I know by the quality of performers and sound recording. Definitely worth buying."
Carthartic and Moving
Mr JB | 11/12/1998
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Micheou is wonderful. One of Bizet's best operas is well treated in this recording. The music itself is marvelous; slightly more exotic than most classical music. Definately worth buying."
Opera to love
M. Treiber | Ketchikan, AK USA | 04/18/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Bizet wrote some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music, and this opera abounds with some of his best. Filled with breathtaking arias, the exotic setting of Ceylon and glorious poetry, The Pearl Fishers is more lush and visceral than Carmen. James Michener's The Drifters was my introduction to this opera; in the Winona Ryder version of Little Women, Gabriel Byrne as Professor Baehr takes Jo to a production of Les Pecheurs de Perles. This is a wonderful recording of a very accessible piece of music."