After last season’s success with Les Pêcheurs de Perles, BCO returns to the French repertoire. Lakmé features what may be the most well-known female duet in the operatic literature, the beautiful “Flower Duet.” Set in British-occupied India in the late 19th century, Lakmé is the story of a British soldier who falls in love with the beautiful daughter of the local Brahmin high priest. Despite her warnings that he should forget he ever saw her, they continue to pursue their love, resulting in tragedy to them both.

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