A fishing village in ancient Ceylon is the steamy setting for Bizet?s tale of friendship, loyalty and forbidden love, The Pearl Fishers. Brave pearl fishermen Zurga and Nadir recall a pact they made not to pursue Leila, a woman with whom they were both in love. When a veiled virgin arrives to pray for the fishermen on their upcoming expedition, the real pearl remains hidden: her true identity. When Leila finally reveals herself, she inadvertently pits old friends against each other in a deadly triangle of forbidden love.