Dôme épais: Flower Duet from Lakmé for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

(1881-82)

[Lakmé] is set in a province of nineteenth-century India under British rule, and the opening scene, during which this duetis heard, takes place in the beautiful gardenof the temple built by the Brahmin priest, Nilakantha. He hates the British invaders (for one thing, they have forbidden him to practise his religion) and the plot hinges around the clash between this hatred and the love between his daughter Lakmé and the British officer Gérald. Before Gérald appears, Lakmé and her slave Mallika sing this duet as they prepare to bathe in the river.’ (Roger Nichols)

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SKU#: 98-EP7589
ISBN-10: 0577083384
ISBN-13: 9790577083384
Series: Edition Peters
Format: Book
Page Count: 24
Contributors: By Léo Delibes
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