from Act III of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Gérald, an officer in the British Army, engaged to Ellen

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: A garden surrounding a secret temple in India

Synopsis: After being attacked and nearly killed by the followers of Lakmé's father, Gerald sings that love has taken them away to a world of their own.

from Act I of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Gérald, an officer in the British Army, engaged to Ellen

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: A garden surrounding a secret temple in India

Synopsis: Left alone by his friends, Gerald sings of Lakmé, a priestess at the temple. He imagines that she is there.

from Act III of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Gérald, an officer in the British Army, engaged to Ellen

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: A garden surrounding a secret temple in India

Synopsis: After joining their souls together for eternity by drinking from the sacred cup together, Gerald tells Lakmé that he never wants her to be sorrowful. Little does he know that she has actually poisoned herself by eating a poisonous datura leaf.

from Act II of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Lakmé, daughter of Nilakantha, a divine priestess

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: A public square in a town in India

Synopsis: Ordered by her father, Lakmé sings the legend of the pariah's daughter. The girl was walking through the forest at night and comes upon a stranger who has been set upon by wild animals. She rings a magic bell that is on her wand and saves the man, who is actually Vishnu, the son of Brahma the Creator. Vishnu takes her up to paradise for saving him.

from Act I of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Lakmé, daughter of Nilakantha, a divine priestess

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: A garden surrounding a secret temple in India

Synopsis: Lakmé notices that the world seems different and she wonders why.

from Act III of the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Libretto: Edmond Gondinet

Role: Lakmé, daughter of Nilakantha, a divine priestess

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: A garden surrounding a secret temple in India

Synopsis: Without Gerald knowing, Lakmé bites into a poisonous datura leaf because Gerald is leaving her. Before she shows any signs of the poison, though, she tells him that she has learned much from him and offers the sacred cup to him to join them together eternally.