Delibes: Lakmé

About Delibes: Lakmé

Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl priestess Lakmé, and superb tenor Aldo Di Toro as the love-struck Gerald, the story tackles religion and cross-cultural love against a backdrop of British rule in India in the mid-19th century. French conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak brings out the full depth of the lush, dramatic score, with familiar high points being the…

Delibes: Lakmé is a 2011 music film directed by Cameron Kirkpatrick and Roger Hodgman. The film is filed under opera and delibes.

Emma Matthews appears as Lakmé, Aldo Di Toro as Gerald, Stephen Bennett as Nilakantha, and Dominica Matthews as Mallika. It runs 180 minutes and was released in August 2011.

It streams on Stingray Classica Amazon Channel in the United States.