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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

The operas in which this artist appeared were "La Sonnambula," "Semiramide," "Lakmé," "Martha," "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Roméo et Juliette," "Il Barbiere," "Linda di Chamouni," and "La Traviata."

From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward