At a time when college campuses are roiled by fights over insensitive Halloween costumes, ersatz sushi, and the cultural plunder of yoga, it's almost a relief to come across an example of honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned, ham-handed Orientalism. Bizet's 1863 opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishermen), ostensibly set in a ... More »
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:41PM on January 5, 2016