Chorus and Orchestra / Pygmalion
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In the recently colonised Indies, against a backdrop of popular festivals and wildlife, the whirlwind romance of a British officer and a Brahim’s daughter fuels tensions in the community. Inspired by Pierre Loti, Léo Delibes enacts the driving forces of orientalist opera in a daringly contemporary plot: impossible passion, musical evocation of distant civilisation, clashes between religious fanaticism and sensuality. Lakmé has been internationally acclaimed and has become a jewel of the Opéra Comique, where it’s been played over 1,600 times since 1883. Raphaël Pichon, leading the Pygmalion ensemble, and Laurent Pelly, at the stage direction, give a truthful depiction of the characters’ personality and glorify each scene and the importance given to political issues.
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Comic opera in three acts (1883)
Music / Léo Delibes
Libretto / Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille
Musical direction / Raphaël Pichon
Stage direction and costumes / Laurent Pelly
New dialogues adaptation / Agathe Mélinand
Sets / Camille Dugas
Lighting design / Joël Adam
Chorus and Orchestra / Pygmalion
Lakmé / Sabine Devieilhe
Gérald, Frédéric Antoun
Nilakantha / Stéphane Degout
Mallika / Ambroisine Bré
Frédéric / Philippe Estèphe
Ellen / Elisabeth Boudreault
Rose / Marielou Jacquard
Mistress Bentson / Mireille Delunsch
Hadji / François Rougier
Un Marchand chinois / Guillaume Gutiérrez
Un Domben / François-Olivier Jean
Un Kouravar / René Ramos Premier