Lakmé

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Lakmé is a French opera by Léo Delibes, best known for its exotic setting in colonial India and its famous "Flower Duet."

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Lakmé canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
actStructure Act I introduces the temple garden and colonial officers ⓘ
Act II centers on the marketplace and Nilakantha's revenge ⓘ
Act III takes place in the forest retreat ⓘ
basedOn novel "Rarahu ou Le Mariage de Loti" ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Pierre Loti ⓘ
catalogueNote one of Léo Delibes' best-known operas ⓘ
characterRole Gérald is a British officer ⓘ
Lakmé is a Hindu priest's daughter ⓘ
Nilakantha is a Brahmin priest ⓘ
commissionedBy Opéra-Comique ⓘ
composer Léo Delibes ⓘ
duration approximately two and a half hours ⓘ
famousFor Bell Song ⓘ
Flower Duet ⓘ
firstPublisher Heugel ⓘ
genre opéra lyrique ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th-century French opera ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legacy Flower Duet widely used in advertising and popular culture ⓘ
librettist Edmond Gondinet ⓘ
Philippe Gille ⓘ
mainCharacter Gérald ⓘ
Lakmé ⓘ
Mallika ⓘ
Nilakantha ⓘ
notableAria "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Flower Duet) ⓘ
"Où va la jeune Hindoue" (Bell Song) ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature use of exotic color and orientalism in the score ⓘ
originalTheatre Salle Favart (Opéra-Comique theatre) ⓘ
performancePractice often performed in French ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1883-04-14 ⓘ
premierePlace Opéra-Comique ⓘ
reception successful at its premiere ⓘ
settingContext British colonial India ⓘ
linked to: British India
settingLocation India ⓘ
structure includes choruses, duets, and coloratura showpieces ⓘ
theme clash between Eastern and Western cultures ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
religious devotion and sacrifice ⓘ
vocalTypeOfGérald tenor ⓘ
vocalTypeOfLakmé coloratura soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfMallika mezzo-soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfNilakantha bass-baritone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salle Favart → hasPremiere → Lakmé ⓘ
Opéra-Comique → premieredWork → Lakmé ⓘ
subject linked to: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
Léo Delibes → notableWork → Lakmé ⓘ
Simone Tata → employer → Lakmé ⓘ
Lakmé → mainCharacter → Lakmé ⓘ