A pair of men take an oath of eternal friendship but their vow is threatened by their attraction to the same woman. The object of their rivalry faces her own dilemma, torn between worldly passion and her calling as a priestess. Their romantic triangle forms the heart of this 1863 opera, Les P cheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), in which the composer of Carmen, the world's most popular opera, made his first mark.
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