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Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.. The score, written from 1881 to 1882, was first performed on 14 April 1883 by the Opéra-Comique at the (second) Salle Favart in Paris, with stage decorations designed by Auguste Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (act 1), Eugène Carpezat and (Joseph-) Antoine Lavastre (act 2), and ...
[9] [10] [11] In the Brand Trust Report 2012, Lakme was ranked 104th among India's most trusted brands, and the following year it was ranked 71st on the list. In 2014, Lakme was ranked 36th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014. [12]
The "Flower Duet" is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of the tragic opera Lakmé, premiered in Paris in 1883 and composed by Léo Delibes.. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.
In 1952, Lakme was started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills by JRD Tata. [4] The company owned famous bathing soap brands like Hamam , Okay , Moti to name a few, they also had a detergent brand named as Magic . [ 5 ]
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Shyamoli Varma (born () 11 December 1957), is a former Indian actress and model. She is known as India's first supermodel and the first Lakmé girl. [1] Varma is also known for her role in the Indian thriller Rog and for her work with Lakmé Cosmetics.
The opera is set in Madras at the end of the 18th century, with a mixture of sentimental elegance and precious sensibility amid a picturesque story bearing resemblances to Léo Delibes’s Lakmé: the Indian setting, a military officer – one French, the other English – and a priestess – Djelma, Lakmé.
Her Lakme Fashion Week 2014 collection "Wanderess" was "inspired by novelist Roman Payne’s doe-eyed gypsy girl character, Saskia" in his novel, The Wanderess. [10] Gupta has become known for the creative and artistic names she gives each collection. Gupta (right) with Anushka Ranjan (left) at Femina Miss India contest in 2010.