The Pearl Fishers

Premiere: 12 February 2025

Main Stage

Georges Bizet
The Pearl Fishers

Opera in three acts
Libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré
First performed at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on 30 September 1863

Conductor - Aleksandar Kojić
Director - Darijan Mihajlović
Set Designer - Vesna Popović
Costume Designer - Višnja Žilić
Choreographer - Tamara Antonijević Spasić
Executive Producer - Vuk Miletić
Opera Producers - Nataša Jovović, Jelena Petrović
Assistant Conductor - Aleksandar Gutić
Assistant Set Designer - Aleksandra Škundrić
Assistant Costume Designer - Anđela Bajagić

Premiere Cast:
Leïla - Vesna Đurković
Nadir - Stevan Karanac
Zurga - Milutin Jocić
Nourabad - Mihailo Šljivić

Featuring the Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet of the National Theatre in Belgrade
Concertmasters - Edit Makedonska
Chorus Master - Nina Fuštar
Stage Manager - Dušan Đorđević
Prompters - Mihajlo Miletić and Aleksandar Gutić
Onstage Music - Aleksandar Gutić
Libretto Translation - Aleksandar Kojić and Aleksandra Tadić
French Language Editor and Subtitling - Aleksandra Tadić
Répetiteurs - Gleb Gorbunov, Srđan Jaraković, Aleksandar Brujić
Chorus Répétiteur - Tatjana Ščerbak
Lighting Technician - Srđan Mićević
Make-up Technician - Marko Dukić
Stage Technicians - Nevenko Radanović and Emil Ahmetović
Sound Technician - Nebojša Kostić
Video Production - National Theatre Video Studio
Costumes and sets made in the workshops of the National Theatre in Belgrade.

Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes (one interval)