Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights

Mady Mesplé (Artist), Danielle Millet (Artist), Charles Burles (Artist), Roger Soyer (Artist), Jean-Christophe Benoît (Artist), Léo Delibes (Composer), Alain Lombard (Conductor), Choeurs et Orcestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Choeurs et Orcestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique
• Conductor: Alain Lombard
• Composer: Léo Delibes
• Audio CD (May 15, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000002S1Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1.Lakmé, opera: Prélude (Léo Delibes) 2.Lakmé, opera: Act 1: Viens, Mallika...Sous Dome Epais (flower duet) (Léo Delibes) 3.Lakmé, opera: Act 1, Prendre Le Dessin (Léo Delibes) 4.Lakmé, opera: Act 1, Les Fleurs Me Paraissent Plus Belles (Léo Delibes) 5.Lakmé, opera: Act 1, D'ou Viens-tu? (Léo Delibes) 6.Lakmé, opera: C'est un Pauvre Qui Mendie...Lakmé, Ton Doux Regar (Léo Delibes) 7.Lakmé, opera: Act 2, Où Va La Jeune Hindoue (Bell Song) (Léo Delibes) 8.Lakmé, opera: Act 2,Lakmé, Lakmé, C'est Toi (Léo Delibes) 9.Lakmé, opera: Act 3, Sous le Ciel Tout Etoile (Léo Delibes) 10.Lakmé, opera: Act 3, Quel Vague Souvenir.. (Léo Delibes) 11.Lakmé, opera: Act 3,Tu Ma's Donné Le Plus Doux Reve (Léo Delibes)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, July 17, 2001

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N. Cardon (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights (Audio CD)

As someone in the process of building an operatic collection, I purchased this CD after listening to the Flower Song (Track 2) in mp3 form in my computer. Little did I realize the other enchanting songs I would hear. Tracks 4 and 7 also send shivers down my spine, quite literally. The soprano is beautiful, if odd to the ear at first. The rest of the work leaves little to be desired, as well. If you can appreciate the beauty in opera, you should by this CD.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who says Sutherland is the only one who does the best Lakme?, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights (Audio CD)

Mesple's voice is much better and crispier than Sutherland in this role. Sutherland's voice is too dramatic, and lack the smoothness that needed in the Flower Duet and the Bell song. The high notes by Mesple's seem more at ease and effortless then Sutherland pushy technique. I highly recommend this recording over Sutherland's.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, July 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights (Audio CD)

If you only know the "Dome epais" duet co-opted by British Airways, get to know the whole opers- it's one gorgeous piece after another. Obviously written with the success of Carmen in mind, except with a much more conventional heroine. Burles does a fine job, very lyrical. Soyer sings gorgeously in his Act 2 solo, one of the most beautiful lyric arias written for baritone. However, the show belongs to Mesple and it's a shame that some of Lakme's beautiful slow solos are not included here. Take note of the fact that she has an old-school French soprano voice- a little tweety, very bright, but it's still it's a beautiful performance. And one of the things that makes this disc so recommendable is the death-defying speed at which she takes teh Bell Song- it makes Sutherland and the recent Dessay versions (very beautiful though they are) seem downright sleepy by comparison.