Lakme

Composer: Delibes, Leo

Librettist/Text Author: Gondinet, Edmond

Librettist/Text Author: Gille, Philippe

Conductor: Pichon, Raphael

Orchestra: Pygmalion

Chorus: Pygmalion Chorus

Ellen: Boudreault, Elisabeth

Frederic: Estephe, Philippe

Gerald: Antoun, Frederic

Hadji: Rougier, Francois

Lakme: Devieilhe, Sabine

Mallika: Bre, Ambroisine

Mistress Bentson: Delunsch, Mireille

Nilakantha: Degout, Stephane

Rose: Jacquard, Marielou

Set Designer: Dugas, Camille

Costume Designer: Pelly, Laurent

Lighting Designer: Adam, Joel

Stage Director: Pelly, Laurent

Television Director: Roussillon, Francois

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Date of Production: 10-2022

Venue: Opera Comique, Paris

Playing Time: 02:14:43

Catalogue Number: 2.110765

UPC: 747313576555

Synopsis

Lakme

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Premiered in 1883, Lakme remains one of the most popular of all French operas. Reflecting contemporary tastes, the original source material presented a tragic liaison between French officer and a Tahitian woman on a Pacific Island, but Delibes moved the location to British-rules India where the two central characters are tor between passion and loyalty, and assailed by a financial religious leader. For this opera Delibes wrote music of indelible beauty, including the much-loved Flower Duet and Bell Song.