Even if you’ve no interest in opera, you might be able to hum along to the Flower Duet from Delibes’ Lakmé: for years, it was the soundtrack for British Airways’ ads. The opera is usually dismissed as ...

Students in the opera program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts will present “Lakme” at the school’s Performing Art Center on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, 6 and 8 The production, staged by veteran director ...

At Holland Park second time around – the company’s first production was in 2007 – it gets the singers, and at the very highest level, but not the concept, or at least one that has any impact. For a ...

When I think of the month of May, I think of FLOWERS!! So today's Beautiful Music is the beloved FLOWER DUET from Leo Delibes' opera LAKME. This live concert recording was made at the Philharmonie de ...

A good case can be made for a fresh look at "Lakme," the pretty but gossamer-thin French opera that has survived for 120 years mainly because of two gorgeous arias. Yes, it's lightweight, a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This jewel of an opera is best known for the famous 'Flower Duet', which has ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Double bass power couple Kirsty McCahon and Kees Boersma play Delibes' Flower Duet from Lakmé. “[The ...

Watching Delibes’ Lakmé is a bit like seeing someone being beaten to death with a feather. All the ingredients of operatic tragedy are there but delivered with the utmost gentleness and grace. In ...