{"product_id":"natalie-dessay-delibes-lakme-cd","title":"Natalie Dessay - Delibes: Lakme (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpera audiences in 19th-century Paris may never have visited India, but they loved to dream about it. After the successes enjoyed by Lespêcheurs de perles and Le roi de Lahore Delibes knew what he was doing when he chose to set an adaptation of Pierre Loti's exotic Indian novel Rarahu and duly scored a hit with his opera Lakmé at the Opéra-Comique in 1883. The opera is nothing without a star in the title-role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatalie Dessay is certainly that and yet she never fails to remember that Delibes's heroine must be fragile and sensitive. Her Bell Song, brilliantly sung, is also intent on telling a story. Her singing of the death scene, with its delicate fil de voce perfectly poised each time the high A comes round, is heartfelt and leaves no doubt that this is a Lakmé who deserves to go to heaven. EMI found a worthy tenor to partner her. Gregory Kunde, as Gérald, is at ease at the top of his voice. At the first entrance of the colonial Brits, Frédéric describes Gérald as a poet and Kunde lives up to the promise by phrasing his opening solo, 'Fantaisie aux divins mensonges', with poetic sensibility. In the duets he and Dessay are tender young love personified. The supporting cast is also a decent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichel Plasson gives the music room to breathe and is able to conjure a dreamy atmosphere in the scenes of romance. His Toulouse orchestra is adequate, if not exceptional, and the recording is of a good standard. What reason is there to resist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDelibes: Lakme -  Natalie Dessay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLakmé : Prélude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"A l'heure accoutumée\" (Choeur Nilakantha)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Blanche Dourga\" (Lakmé Choeur Nilakantha)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1 Scene 3: \"Lakmé c'est toi qui nous protèges !\" (Nilakantha Lakmé Hadji Mallika)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Dôme épais le jasmin\" (Lakmé Mallika)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Miss Rose Miss Ellen\" (Mistress Bentson Ellen Rose Gerald Frederic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Quand une femme est si jolie\" (Ellen Frederic Gerald Rose Mistress Bentson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Nous commettons un sacrilège\" (Frederic Gerald Mistress Bentson Rose Ellen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Prendre le dessin d'un bijou\" (Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Non ! Je ne veux pas toucher\" (Gerald Lakmé Mallika)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles\" (Lakmé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Ah ! Mallika ! Mallika\" (Lakmé Mallika Hadji)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"D'où viens-tu ? Que veux-tu ?\" (Lakmé Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: \"Viens là ! là !\" (Hadji Nilakantha Lakmé Choeur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 1: Entr'acte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Allons avant que midi sonne\" (Choeur Mistress Bentson Frederic Rose)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Enfin ! Nous aurons du silence !\" (Mistress Bentson Frederic Rose)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - Terna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - Rektah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - Persian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - \"Ah ! Ah ! Par nos yeux charmés\" (Choeur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Airs de danse - Sortie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Voyez donc ce vieillard\" (Rose Frederic Mistress Bentson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Ah ! Ce vieillard encor !\" (Rose\/Nilakantha\/Lakmé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Ah ! c'est de ta douleur\" (Lakmé Nilakantha)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Par les dieux inspirés\" - Air des clochettes. \"Où va la jeune hindoue\" (Lakmé Nilakantha Chorus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"La rage me dévore\" (Nilakantha Lakmé Choeur Gerald Frederic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Au milieu des chants d'allégresse\" (Nilakantha Lakmé Choeur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Le maître ne pense qu'à sa vengeance\" (Hadji)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"Lakmé ! Lakmé ! C'est toi !\" (Gerald Lakmé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: \"O Dourga toi qui renais\" (Choeur Ellen Rose Mistress Bentson Frederic Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 2: Entr'acte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Sous le ciel tout étoilé\" (Lakmé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Quel vague souvenir alourdit ma pensée ?\" (Gerald Lakmé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Lakmé ! Lakmé ! Ah ! Viens dans la forêt profonde\" (Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Là je pourrai t'entendre\" (Lakmé Choeur Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Vivant !\" (Frederic Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"Ils allaient deux à deux\" (Lakmé Gerald Choeur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lakmé Act 3: \"C'est lui ! C'est lui !\" (Nilakantha Lakmé Gerald)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400756171026,"sku":"190296279096","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4133430-2884366.jpg?v=1729117187","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/natalie-dessay-delibes-lakme-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}