Les pêcheurs de perles shimmers at Opera Holland Park

Matthew Waldren brought out the subtleties of Bizet’s score with aptitude seemingly beyond his years

The major problem rests with a lack of any real emotion in the performances

Soula Parassidis has the requisite physical glamour for the mysterious and alluring Leila

Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles is just not a very good opera, despite its famous duet

The vocal pearl in this performance was the Léïla of Soula Parassidis

A troubled production of Bizet's embattled opera