#flower duet

[killieweegie]

Leo Delibes, Lakeme - Flower Duet.

[shy-girl04]

[eye-of-the-purricane]

Flower Duet - Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča

Lakmé by Léo Delibes (1883)

[opera-ghosts]

April 14. 1883 the today rare played Opera “Lakmé” from Léo Delibes premiered in Paris.

Here we see a antique postcard from 1900 and a original program from The Metropolitan Opera 1934. Lily Pons was the star at that time for this role.

[mvaljean525]

Come, Mallika, the flowering vines Their shadows now are throwing Along the sacred stream, That calmly here is flowing; Enlivened by the songs of birds among the pines.

O mistress, dear! 't is now – When I behold you smiling, In this blest hour, no cares beguiling, That your oft-closed heart I may read, Lakmé!

'Neath the dome, the jasmine 'Neath the leafy dome, where the jasmine white

To the roses comes greeting, To the roses comes greeting,

By flower banks, fresh and bright, On the flow'rd bank, gay in morning light,

Come, and join we their meeting. Come, and join we their meeting.

Ah! we'll glide with the tide, Slowly on we'll glide floating with the tide,

On we'll ride away; On the stream we'll ride away;

Through wavelets shimm'ring brightly, Through wavelets shimm'ring brightly,

Carelessly rowing lightly, Carelessly rowing lightly,

Reach we the steeps We'll reach soon the steeps

Where the birds warble, Where the fountain sleeps.

warble, the birds sprightly. Where warble the birds sprightly.

'Neath the dome rowers unite, 'Neath the leafy dome, where the jasmine white,

Come and join we their meeting! Come and join we their meeting!

But, why my heart's swift terror invested, Doth not yet appear, When my father 'lone goes to your city detested, I tremble, I tremble with fear.

May the god, Ganesa, keep him from dangers, Till he arrives at the pool just in view, Where wild swans, those snowy wing'd strangers, Come to devour the lotus blue.

Yes, where the wild swans, those snowy wing'd strangers, Come to feed on lotus blue.

'Neath the dome, jasmines white 'Neath the leafy dome, where the jasmine white

To the roses comes greeting, To the roses comes greeting,

By flower banks, fresh and bright, On the flow'rd bank, gay in morning light,

Come, and join we their meeting. Come, and join we their meeting.

Ah! we'll glide with the tide, Slowly on we'll glide floating with the tide,

On we'll ride away; On the stream we'll ride away;

Through wavelets shimm'ring brightly, Through wavelets shimm'ring brightly,

Carelessly rowing lightly, Carelessly rowing lightly,

Reach we the steeps We'll reach soon the steeps

Where the birds warble, Where the fountain sleeps.

warble, the birds sprightly. Where warble the birds sprightly.

'Neath the dome rowers unite, 'Neath the leafy dome, where the jasmine white,

Come and join we their meeting! Ah! come join we their meeting!

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Duo des fleurs/Sous le dôme épais Flower Duet - English singing translation

Opear: Lakmé - 1883

Léo Delibes  1836-1891

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Graphic - Lakmé opera poster - The Santa Fe Opera

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Video:

"Flower Duet" - Le Concert De Paris - Bastille Day | Anita Rachvelishvili and Nadine Sierra

[soracities]

Thick dome of jasmine/Under the dense canopy where the white jasmine/Blends with the rose . . ./Come, let us drift down together.

excerpt from ‘The Flower Duet’, in Léo Delibes’ Lakmé, as quoted in Zadie Smith’s “Anomalisa”, Feel Free: Essays

[fidjiefidjie]

En hommage à la soprano Mady Mesplé 🌹🕊🖤🎈R.I.P

Mady Mesplé et Danielle Millet 👌🎼 👍Flower duet

Extrait de l'opéra imaginaire: Le duo des fleurs de Lakmé de Léo Delibes

Bonne soirée

[therussianmajor]

If you want to cry, listen to the harmony at 1:05.

The soprano is rapturous, but for me the mezzo outshines even Sabine.

Listening to this will improve you life. I kid you not.