“Lakme” looks to have it all. The 1883 work by French composer Leo Delibes possesses all the grand opera elements – an exotic setting, forbidden love, sworn vengeance, conflicts between cultures and ...

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Billy Connolly famously defined an intellectual as “someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger”. It’s a joke reincarnated for a new generation with the ...

AN ORIENTAL fantasy set during the days of the British Raj in India, Lakme is best known for the Flower Duet that became a theme tune for British Airways advertisements. Leo Delibes’s 1883 opera was a ...

VIVA! Opera is a biweekly content broadcast on Tuesdays. In the 11th episode, Ms. Ohtake picks up the first French opera for the segment, 'Duo des fleurs' from Léo Delibes' Lakmé. Reference - 「Duo des ...