This enchanting duet is from Delibes’s famous 1883 opera. It is sung by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they gather fragrant flowers by the river.
Sous le dôme épais
Flower Duet
Composed in 1883
By Léo Delibes
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