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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 ...

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This is an opera that outside France has been in need of singers and a not too violent concept to do it justice. At Holland Park second time around – the company’s first production was in 2007 – it ...

She’s a first cousin to Madame Butterfly; they’re both exotic Easterners who commit suicide over a Westerner with some annoying notions about duty. She’s a second cousin, once removed, to Carmen; they ...

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 ...

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Exoticism was part and parcel of French Grand Opera in the late 19th century. Léo Delibes found inspiration in India for Lakmé, a story of a Hindu princess who falls in love with a British soldier and ...