Bizet’s exotic romance is as much a visual experience as an aural one, full of striking images of a ruined eastern temple at sunset, an unknown veiled woman approaching in a canoe and a mysterious assignation on a steep cliff. This new production is conducted by Richard Bonynge – internationally recognised as a master of 19th-century French repertoire – and stars Lisa Russell as the young temple maiden and David Miller and Michael Lewis as the two men in conflict for her love.
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