The only Seattle Opera appearance by Catalan soprano Ainhoa Arteta. Former friends Vinson Cole and Jason Howard became rivals for her love in this French Orientalist romance, best-known for the popular tenor-baritone duet “Au fond du temple saint” in the opening scene.

Vinson Cole (Nadir) and Jason Howard (Zurga) in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, 1994 © Greg Eastman

Erich Parce (Zurga) and Kathryn Gamberoni (Leïla) in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, 1994 © Greg Eastman

Ainhoa Arteta (Leïla) in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, 1994 © Greg Eastman

Vinson Cole (Nadir) and Ainhoa Arteta (Leïla) in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, 1994 © Greg Eastman

Kathryn Gamberoni in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, 1994 © Greg Eastman