Leo Delibes - The Flower Duet [HQ]

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Performed by Natalie Dessay (Soprano) & Delohine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)

The "Flower Duet" (French: Duo des fleurs / Sous le dôme épais) is a famous duet for sopranos from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé, first performed in Paris in 1883. The duet takes place in act 1 of the three-act opera, between characters Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.

The duet is frequently used in advertisements and films and is popular as a concert piece. It was adapted for the theme "Aria on air" for the British Airways "face" advertisements of the 1980s by music composers Yanni and Malcolm McLaren. David Usher used a sample of the record in his 2001 song "Black Black Heart."

[Petar]

1883: What a melody.
2025: Rappers who can sing vs rappers who can't sing.

[real_lampcap]

That moment you find the song you've been looking for, for years.

[Simte]

After so long, I have found it. What a magnificent piece.

[megandzoesmom]

Who else is listening to this gem in 2024!?!?! I just love the way they sound blended! Beautiful!!!❤❤❤

[fenrirsreign]

If you can't apreciate this your soul has died already.

[abrahampalmer]

do any young people under 30 like this type of music I want to know.

[MrRayedwards]

I remember seeing this live the first time it was sung. The year was 1883. I was in Paris on business. It was marvellous.

[DarKKlowN]

I am a 33-year-old Nigerian male and I love Opera. Ever since the first time, I heard it and the Fifth element made me fall deeper in-love.

[jomarvisperas]

I found it.
After so many years of searching and forgetting.
I finally heard the angels sing again.

[Horusisone]

"Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Doucement glissons De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!
Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble
Doucement glissons de son flot charmant,
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante
Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!"

[Mimihajee]

I'm French, a fan of French classical music (Debussy, Saint Saens, Berlioz, Satie etc) and I didn't even know that it was a Frenchman who composed this.

[silviapadillarodriguez]

No words can describe this master piece. Sublime.

[CaptainThumper]

I just turned 40, and I've loved this piece since I was a teen when I heard it for the first time in a TV commercial for British Airways🥹

[Hunter_McNeil]

I'm 26 and from Colorado. This music reminds me of 1899 America.

[Bewwrek]

It took 36 years for me to hear this magnificence. And it just fits.

[mozzarellasmile]

I found this masterpiece in my teenage probably 17yrs old I'm turning 23 coming March ❤️ I always get back to it ❤️

[arun]

my god, what was i doing my entire life, without listening to opera music?, this is divine, touches my heart

[ArturoVincentAdrigado]

2024. I am 26 years old but still classical musics makes me fell like home and makes me fell free inside

[anthonytaylor]

82 here. As a kid, 6 - 7 years old, on my own, I would listen to this music on old vinyl records, played on an old needle gramaphone player.
At that time I used to think that there was something wrong with me, because at times, I would have tears running down my face, and not understand
This duet along with that of the Pearl Fishers, still causes the tears to well up, though now they don't flow quite so freely.
Still cannot descide which will be played at my 'Check Out'

[jupiterishere]

i feel like this would play in a scene where it's slow motion and everything proceeds to go terribly wrong