Léo Delibes: Lakmé: Prendre le dessin d un bijou ( Alexander Mikhailov)

Lakmé (1883), opera in three acts by Léo Delibes Gérald s air: Prendre le dessin d un bijou (Make a drawing of a jewel) Gérald Alexander Mikhailov Conductor Christian Knapp Mise en scènes: Isabelle PartiotPieri Recorded at the premiere of the production on July 4, 2021, Mariinsky theatre A beguiling flower of French Romantic opera, Léo Delibes Lakmé remains on the peripheries of the international operatic repertoire and is known to many thanks only to its famous Flower Duet and the soprano s Bell Song aria. Outside France, it is rarely staged today. Lakmé is the jewel in the crown and the pride of Paris OpéraComique, where it was first performed on 14 April 1883 and where it went on to enjoy an unbroken run of some eighty years. The first performer of the role of Lakmé was the American Marie van Zandt. It was also she who appeared in the St Petersburg premiere of Lakmé