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Lakmé

American  
[lahk-mey, lak-mey] / ˈlɑk meɪ, lakˈmeɪ /

noun

  1. an opera (1883) by Léo Delibes.


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At last month's Lakmé Fashion Week in India, conversations about making fashion more sustainable took centre-stage.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

Every time she and her mother visit there now, they stock up on 25 bottles of richly pigmented Lakmé eyeliner.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

These include Reinhold Glière's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano, the Bell Song from Delibes' Lakmé and a very brisk account of the Queen of the Night's second-act aria from Zauberflöte.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

You know how old mega-tycoon-turned-sadist starts playing you the “Flower Duet” from Lakmé?

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2012

Her father, a priest, discovering the state of her affections, tries to assassinate the Englishman, but Lakmé saves his life, and conveys him to a place of concealment in the jungle.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

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