“Lakme” looks to have it all. The 1883 work by French composer Leo Delibes possesses all the grand opera elements – an exotic setting, forbidden love, sworn vengeance, conflicts between cultures and ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Students in the opera program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts will present “Lakme” at the school’s Performing Art Center on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, 6 and 8 The production, staged by veteran director ...

A sparkling production, bathed in the colours of Bollywood, which played to capacity crowds in 2007. A richly orchestrated score, overflowing with melodies—from the magical languor of the Flower Duet ...

A good case can be made for a fresh look at "Lakme," the pretty but gossamer-thin French opera that has survived for 120 years mainly because of two gorgeous arias. Yes, it's lightweight, a ...

Léo Delibes' Lakmé may not be a household name but contains the 'Flower Duet' in Act I - one of the best-known opera moments in the world. Gerald is a lieutenant in the British Army stationed in India ...

At Holland Park second time around – the company’s first production was in 2007 – it gets the singers, and at the very highest level, but not the concept, or at least one that has any impact. For a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, ...

Leo Delibes’s 1883 opera was a hit in France, but is rarely seen in England, although Opera Holland Park must have a soft spot for Lakme, having first staged it in 2007. The new production is directed ...

For a House with Diana Eck, a professor of comparative religion studies and Indian studies, as a House master, it was only appropriate for Lowell House’s Opera Company to choose “Lakmé” as their 2014 ...