‎Delibes: Lakme (1940) by The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Announcement

Armand Tokatyan, Lucielle Browning, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Nicholas Massue, Annamary Dickey, Lily Pons, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petina, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Wilfred Pelletier

0:53

Prelude

Irra Petina, Lily Pons, Annamary Dickey, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lucielle Browning, Armand Tokatyan, Helen Olheim, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Wilfred Pelletier

3:06

A l'heure accoutumee (Hadji, Mallika, Chorus, Nilakantha)

Armand Tokatyan, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, Helen Olheim, Lucielle Browning, Irra Petina, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lily Pons, Wilfred Pelletier

2:12

Soyez trois fois benis, vons qui rendez (Nilakantha)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Armand Tokatyan, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, Irra Petina, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, George Cehanovsky, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, Lucielle Browning, Wilfred Pelletier

1:22

Blanche Dourga, pale Silva! (Lakme, Chorus, Nilakantha)

Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Ezio Pinza, Lucielle Browning, Armand Tokatyan, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, Nicholas Massue, Wilfred Pelletier

6:44

Viens, Mallika … Dome epais le jasmin (Lakme, Mallika)

Nicholas Massue, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Lucielle Browning, Irra Petina, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Ezio Pinza, George Cehanovsky, Armand Tokatyan, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier

4:38

Ah! Beaux faiseurs de systemes (Gerald, Rose, Ellen, Mistress Bentson)

Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Annamary Dickey, Ezio Pinza, Armand Tokatyan, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning, Irra Petina, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Wilfred Pelletier

2:32

Leur vertu bizarre manque d'apparat (Frederic, Ellen, Rose, Mistress Bentson, Gerald)

Lucielle Browning, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Helen Olheim, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petina, Nicholas Massue, Armand Tokatyan, Lily Pons, Ezio Pinza, Annamary Dickey, Wilfred Pelletier

4:58

Prendre le dessin d'un bijou … Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Gerald)

Annamary Dickey, Lily Pons, Armand Tokatyan, Irra Petina, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Wilfred Pelletier

8:01

Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Lakme, Gerald)

Lucielle Browning, Ezio Pinza, Irra Petina, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Armand Tokatyan, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Wilfred Pelletier

4:29

Oublier que je t'ai vue (Gerald)

Nicholas Massue, Lucielle Browning, Annamary Dickey, Armand Tokatyan, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Ezio Pinza, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Wilfred Pelletier

9:15

Allons, avant que midi sonne (Chorus, Mistress Bentson, Frederic, Rose)

Armand Tokatyan, Lucielle Browning, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Lily Pons, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Helen Olheim, Irra Petina, Annamary Dickey, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, Wilfred Pelletier

3:29

Airs de danse: Introduction

Annamary Dickey, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lucielle Browning, Irra Petina, Armand Tokatyan, Nicholas Massue, Ezio Pinza, Wilfred Pelletier

0:20

Airs de danse: Terena (Chorus)

Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, Armand Tokatyan, Annamary Dickey, Irra Petina, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lucielle Browning, Wilfred Pelletier

1:49

Airs de danse: Rektah (Chorus)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Armand Tokatyan, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lucielle Browning, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petina, Lily Pons, Annamary Dickey, Nicholas Massue, Wilfred Pelletier

1:47

Airs de danse: Persian (Chorus)

Nicholas Massue, Ezio Pinza, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Armand Tokatyan, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning, Wilfred Pelletier

1:38

Airs de danse: Danse

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, Annamary Dickey, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Armand Tokatyan, Lucielle Browning, Nicholas Massue, Ezio Pinza, Wilfred Pelletier

2:37

Airs de danse: Coda (Chorus)

Irra Petina, Annamary Dickey, Helen Olheim, Lucielle Browning, George Cehanovsky, Ezio Pinza, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lily Pons, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Armand Tokatyan, Nicholas Massue, Wilfred Pelletier

1:46

Airs de danse: Sortie (Chorus)

Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Irra Petina, Ezio Pinza, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Armand Tokatyan, Wilfred Pelletier

3:19

C'est un pauvre qui mendie (Rose, Nilakantha, Lakme)

Lucielle Browning, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ezio Pinza, Armand Tokatyan, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Nicholas Massue, Irra Petina, Wilfred Pelletier

1:31

Lakme, ton doux regard se voile (Nilakantha)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Irra Petina, Nicholas Massue, Lucielle Browning, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, George Cehanovsky, Wilfred Pelletier

4:16

Ou va la jeune indoue, "Bell Song" (Lakme)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Nicholas Massue, Ezio Pinza, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lucielle Browning, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Annamary Dickey, Irra Petina, Armand Tokatyan, Wilfred Pelletier

15:50

Lakme! Lakme! C'est toi! (Gerald, Lakme)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lucielle Browning, Annamary Dickey, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Ezio Pinza, Nicholas Massue, George Cehanovsky, Armand Tokatyan, Irra Petina, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier

2:56

Dans la foret pres de nous (Lakme)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Nicholas Massue, Irra Petina, Lucielle Browning, Ezio Pinza, Armand Tokatyan, Wilfred Pelletier

4:46

O Dourga, toi qui renais (Chorus, Ellen, Rose, Miss Bentson, Frederic, Gerald)

Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Annamary Dickey, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petina, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ezio Pinza, Lucielle Browning, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Armand Tokatyan, Wilfred Pelletier

5:36

Entr'acte

Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ezio Pinza, Irra Petina, Armand Tokatyan, Annamary Dickey, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Lucielle Browning, George Cehanovsky, Wilfred Pelletier

3:29

Sous le ciel tout etoile (Lakme)

George Cehanovsky, Annamary Dickey, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lucielle Browning, Lily Pons, Nicholas Massue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Ezio Pinza, Irra Petina, Armand Tokatyan, Helen Olheim, Wilfred Pelletier

1:57

Quel vague souvenir alourdit ma pensee? … Ah! viens, dans la foret profonde (Gerald, Lakme)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Nicholas Massue, Annamary Dickey, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Helen Olheim, Armand Tokatyan, Irra Petina, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning, Wilfred Pelletier

11:22

Ils allaient deux a deux (Lakme, Gerald, Chorus)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Nicholas Massue, Lily Pons, Lucielle Browning, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Armand Tokatyan, Annamary Dickey, Wilfred Pelletier

4:19

Tu m'as donne le plus doux rave (Lakme, Gerald)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Armand Tokatyan, Lucielle Browning, Lily Pons, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Helen Olheim, Annamary Dickey, Irra Petina, Nicholas Massue, George Cehanovsky, Ezio Pinza, Wilfred Pelletier

8:08

Léo Delibes

Composer
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Choir
Ezio Pinza

Baritone
George Cehanovsky

Baritone
Wilfred Pelletier

Conductor

Delibes: Lakme (1940)

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