The New York Times

DELIBES'S "LAKME" AT THE METROPOLITAN; The Indian Opera Revived After Fifteen Years. MME. SEMBRICH AS HEROINE A Performance Brilliantly Staged -- Oriental Music and Some Other ...

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BroadwayWorld

Union Avenue Opera's LAKMÉ, A Missouri Premiere, Opens Tonight, Plays Through 8/29

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Lakmé makes its Missouri debut at Union Avenue ...
Post-Bulletin

Minnesota Opera has near-miss with ‘Lakme’

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 ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Leads' singing falls flat in forbidden love story Opera review • Smaller roles in 'Lakmé' outshine main players in show that relies heavily on performance rather than ...

Léo Delibes' 1883 opera "Lakmé" has beautiful melodies and a gorgeous orchestration rich in Orientalisms. That music accompanies a rather unlikely story of forbidden love in an exotic setting, India ...