Léontine de Maësen (15 July 1835 – 1906) was a Belgian coloratura soprano active on the opera stages of France from 1858 to 1868.
 She is most remembered today for having created the role of Leïla in Bizet's 1863 opera, "Les pêcheurs de perles".
Les fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour, ou Les dieux d'Egypte is an "opéra-ballet" in three "entrées" and a prologue by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
 The work was first performed on March 15, 1747, at the La Grande Ecurie, Versailles, and is set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac.
 The opera was originally composed as part of the celebrations for the Dauphin’s marriage to Maria Josepha of Saxony.
 "Les fêtes de l’Hymen" proved to be a popular work and by the March 1776 it had been performed exactly 106 times.
 The librettist, Cahusac, was especially pleased with the ways in which he had succeeded in giving especial import to the supernatural elements of the work—the plot is based on Egyptian mythology—and to allow particular use of impressive large-scale stage machinery, which was much admired by the audience.
 The opera contains seven ballets, a consequence of Cahusac’s desire to further integrate dance and drama, which grew from the typical French devotion to ballet, particularly when allied with opera.
The Pearl Fishers is a 1963 Australian TV play based on the opera by Bizet.
 It was filmed in Sydney at the ABC's Gore Hill studios and marked the one hundredth anniversary of the first performance of the opera.
Jean-Vital Jammes (known by the stage name Ismaël) (28 April 1825 – 13 June 1893) was a French opera singer.
 During a stage career spanning 40 years, he created many leading baritone roles, including Zurga in Bizet's "Les pêcheurs de perles" and Ourrias in Gounod's "Mireille".
 Born in Le Passage d'Agen near the town of Agen, he was largely self-taught and made his stage debut in 1841 at the age of 16.
 After singing in a several provincial theatres, he was engaged by the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris and later by the Opéra-Comique.
 Following his retirement from the stage, Ismaël lived in Marseille where he died at the age of 68.
Kevin Short is an American operatic bass-baritone.
 A graduate of Morgan State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Juilliard School, he won the bass-baritone award for the Middle Atlantic region Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1989.
 From 1991-1998 he appeared annually at the Metropolitan Opera, singing in a total of 129 performances.
 He notably created the role of Joseph in the world premiere of John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles" in 1991.
 Some of the other roles he has performed at the Met are Colline in "La Bohème", the Friar in "Don Carlos", Happy in "La fanciulla del West", the Jailer in "Dialogues of the Carmelites", Lackey in "Ariadne auf Naxos", Mandarin in "Turandot", Masetto in "Don Giovanni", Sciarrone in "Tosca", Pirro in "I Lombardi alla prima crociata", Yamadori in "Madama Butterfly", and Zaretsky in "Eugene Onegin".
 He also sang several roles with the New York City Opera during the 1980s and 1990s, including Nourabad in "The Pearl Fishers" and Raimondo in "Lucia di Lammermoor".
Pescadores de perlas (English: Pearl Fishers ), also known as "Sol de gloria" is a 1938 Mexican film starring Sara García.
"Au fond du temple saint " ("At the back of the holy temple") is a duet from Georges Bizet's 1863 opera "Les pêcheurs de perles".
 The libretto was written by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré.
 Generally known as "The Pearl Fishers' Duet", it is one of the best-known numbers in Western opera.
 It is sung by Nadir (tenor) and Zurga (baritone) in act 1.
David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival.
 It also features additional footage recorded during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.
 The track selection includes several Pink Floyd compositions in addition to Gilmour's solo works.
 Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof.
 It includes the first ever performance of "Smile" a track which would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album - "On an Island", and Gilmour even plays a few Syd Barrett compositions.
 Also included is "Je crois entendre encore " ("I still believe I hear"), an aria from Georges Bizet's opera "Les pêcheurs de perles " ("The Pearl Fishers"), with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, and sung by Gilmour in the original French.
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré.
 It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performances in its initial run.
 Set in ancient times on the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the opera tells the story of how two men's vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman, whose own dilemma is the conflict between secular love and her sacred oath as a priestess.
 The friendship duet "Au fond du temple saint ", generally known as "The Pearl Fishers Duet", is one of the best-known in Western opera.
Brett Polegato (born 1968 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is an operatic baritone.
 In 1999 he made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Peter Niles in Levy's "Mourning Becomes Electra" followed by his La Scala debut in 2000 as Ned Keene in Britten's "Peter Grimes".
 He is particularly known for his interpretation of the title role in Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" which he has performed with many companies including the Bavarian State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Oper Leipzig, and Opéra National du Rhin among others.
 Other European appearances include Ubalde in Gluck's "Armide" at Opéra de Nice, the title role in Monteverdi's "Orfeo" at Opéra d'Avignon, and Frère Lèon in Messaien's "Saint François d'Assise" at Opéra National de Paris.
 He has sung numerous roles with Flanders Opera, including Guglielmo in Mozart's "Così fan tutte", Albert in Massenet's "Werther", and the Steward in Jonathan Dove's "Flight".
 In his native Canada, Polegato has sung Papageno in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", Figaro in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia", and Zurga in Bizet's "Les pêcheurs de perles" with Vancouver Opera.
 In the United States, he has sung with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre as well as making many concert appearances and recordings with American orchestras.
 He made his Seattle Opera debut in 2005 as Henry Miles in Jake Heggie's "The End of the Affair" and returned to the company in 2007 as Orestes in Gluck's "Iphigenia in Tauris".

Question: "The Pearl Fishers' Duet" is a famous libretto from the opera Les pêcheurs de perles, by which French composer?
Answer: Georges Bizet