‎Delibes: Lakme (1940) by Lily Pons

Announcement

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

0:53

Prelude

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

3:06

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

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

2:12

Soyez trois fois benis, vons qui rendez (Nilakantha)

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

1:22

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

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

6:44

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:32

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

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

4:58

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

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

8:01

Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Lakme, Gerald)

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

4:29

Oublier que je t'ai vue (Gerald)

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

9:15

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

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

3:29

Airs de danse: Introduction

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

0:20

Airs de danse: Terena (Chorus)

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

1:49

Airs de danse: Rektah (Chorus)

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

1:47

Airs de danse: Persian (Chorus)

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

1:38

Airs de danse: Danse

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

2:37

Airs de danse: Coda (Chorus)

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

1:46

Airs de danse: Sortie (Chorus)

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

3:19

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

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

1:31

Lakme, ton doux regard se voile (Nilakantha)

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

4:16

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

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

15:50

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

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

2:56

Dans la foret pres de nous (Lakme)

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

4:46

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

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

5:36

Entr'acte

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

3:29

Sous le ciel tout etoile (Lakme)

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

1:57

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

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

11:22

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

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

4:19

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

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

8:08

Léo Delibes

Composer
Lily Pons

Soprano
Irra Petina

Contralto
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Choir

Delibes: Lakme (1940)

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