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Les pêcheurs de perles

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 30, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 11:31, 18 September 2013‎ (UTC)



Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera by the French composer Georges Bizet, with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré,  first performed on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient Ceylon, the opera tells how two men's vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for a woman, who is herself conflicted between secular love and her sacred oath as a priestess. The duet "Au fond du temple saint", generally known as "The Pearl Fishers Duet", is one of the best-known numbers in Western opera. Although well received by the public and by other composers, notably Hector Berlioz, initial press reaction to the work was generally hostile. Though not revived in Bizet's lifetime, the opera became popular in Europe and America, and eventually bcame a staple the repertory of opera houses worldwide. The loss of Bizet's original score meant that, until the 1970s, productions were based on versions with significant departures from the original;  recently, efforts have been made to reconstruct the score in accordance with Bizet's intentions. Modern critics have detected premonitions of the composer's genius which would culminate, 10 years later, in Carmen.
 * 150th anniversary of the premiere, 2 points, 1 year FA, 1 point, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * 150th anniversary is 4 points for a total of 5 points (so slightly early on the nomination). M'sieur Bizet himself is in the "pending" list of possibilities for his 175th birthday on October 25th - too much of a French opera theme or sufficiently far apart / different / worth running anyway? BencherliteTalk 22:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, good point assessment, worth running anyway, no worries to just run both on those dates, should be fine. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:38, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Nice choice! - SchroCat (talk) 08:54, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support this, though I intend to work on the blurb. Am reserving judgement for the moment on Bizet for 25 October. Brianboulton (talk) 21:20, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * If it helps, the current blurb is 558 characters (including spaces) over the target of 1,200 characters, so cutting about 1/3rd of it should do it... BencherliteTalk 21:38, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have cut about a third, should be OK now. Brianboulton (talk) 10:46, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:02, 14 September 2013 (UTC)