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''Lakmé'' is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The score, written in 1881–1882, was first performed on 14 April 1883 by the Opéra Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris. Set in British India in the mid-19th century, ''Lakmé'' is based on Théodore Pavie's story "Les babouches du Brahamane" and novel ''フランス語:Le Mariage de Loti'' by Pierre Loti.〔Charles P. D. Cronin and Betje Black Klier (1996), "Théodore Pavie's "''Les babouches du Brahmane''" and the Story of Delibes's ''Lakmé''", ''Opera Quarterly'' 12 (4): 19–33.〕 The opera includes the popular ''Flower Duet'' (''Sous le dôme épais'') for sopranos performed in Act 1 by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika.〔("''Lakmé'' by Leo Delibes" on npr.org ) Retrieved 15 January 2011〕 The opera's most famous aria is the ''Bell Song'' (''L'Air des clochettes'') in Act 2. Like other French operas of the period, ''Lakmé'' captures the ambience of the Orient seen through Western eyes, which was periodically in vogue during the latter part of the 19th century and in line with other operatic works such as Bizet's ''The Pearl Fishers'' and Massenet's ''Le roi de Lahore''.〔MacDonald H., ''"Lakmé"'', ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', London and New York: Macmillan: 1997.〕 The subject of the opera was suggested by Gondinet as a vehicle for the American soprano Marie van Zandt.〔 ==Performance history== Following its premiere at the Opéra Comique in 1883, ''Lakmé'' reached its 500th performance there on 23 June 1909 and 1,000th on 13 May 1931. A series of performances took place at the Théâtre Gaîté Lyrique Paris in 1908, with Alice Verlet, David Devriès and Félix Vieuille.〔Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lakmé」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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