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Anglais - Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Liceu: A Risky Winner Bet 

Christina Scheppelmann, artistic director at Liceu, commented on the text in the programme of Les pêcheurs de perles, that the opera’s plot is ‘naive and old fashioned’, and considered that ‘it is hard for this story to be emotionally touching’. Later, in regards to the work of stage director Lotte de Beer, who situates her version of this opera in a reality show, Scheppelmann wrote that Beer’s work manages to ‘make the story work from today’s perspective and for a variety of audiences’. It is truly surprising that the artistic director of an opera theatre, which this season has presented other titles such as I puritani, L’italiana in Algeri or Rodelinda, considers the plot of Les pêcheurs de perles ‘naïve and old fashioned’, as if the above cited pieces were a prodigy of novelty and modernity. If we add the fact that most of the time adapting plot operas […]