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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.
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 ...
"Viens Mallika Sous Le Dome Edais from Lakmé" Léo Delibes: 3:57: 9. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" Robert Palmer: 2:37: 10. "Outshined" Soundgarden: 5:12: 11. "Amid the Chaos of the Day" Hans Zimmer: 4:54: 12. "Two Hearts" Chris Isaak: 3:33
As a boy, Delibes had an unusually fine singing voice; [3] he was a chorister at the church of La Madeleine and sang in the première of Meyerbeer's Le prophète at the Paris Opéra in 1849. [4] While still a student Delibes became organist of St. Pierre de Chaillot [ fr ] and accompanist at the Théâtre Lyrique .
Mady Mesplé (7 March 1931 – 30 May 2020) was a French opera singer who was considered the leading coloratura soprano of her generation in France, and sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin, with Lakmé by Delibes becoming her signature role internationally.
Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Douménach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019 [1]) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. [2]
Le Select is a Parisian brasserie founded in 1923 in the 6th arrondissement at 99 Boulevard Montparnasse, in the Notre-Dame-des-Champs neighborhood. It was one of the more prominent meeting places of the Parisian intellectuals between the two world wars, with a significant place in the Bohemian Culture of the period.
"Sous le ciel de Paris" is a song initially written for the 1951 French film Sous le ciel de Paris, [1] directed by Julien Duvivier. In the film it was sung by Jean Bretonnière. [1] In the same year it was also recorded by Juliette Gréco, as well as Anny Gould.