10 Operas You Didn’t Know You Already Like

Published: June 4, 2008, 3:05 am

Tags: music, neatorama only, video clips

If the word "opera" brings an image of a fat lady singing and sends you running away, you’re missing out. Many operas are so famous that they’ve entered into pop culture. In fact, you probably already know more about operas than you think. Here are the 10 Operas You Didn’t Know You Already Like: Léo Delibes’ Lakmé: The Flower Duet This is one is my personal favorite: Dame Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbié sing the Flower Duet [YouTube Link], lyrics Read the rest of the article: Lakmé is an opera composed by French composer Léo Delibes in 1881, based on the autobiographical novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti (about Loti’s romantic liaison with an exotic Tahitian girl, how’s that for a premise of the novel?). The opera is famous for its complex and beautiful melodies. Synopsis: The opera is about an Indian girl named Lakmé, daughter of a fanatical Brahmin priest. One day, a British officer

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