Move It! Flower Duet from the opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Place: India Time: Late nineteenth century, during the British Raj. Act 1 The Hindu faithful go to perform their rites in a sacred Brahmin temple under the high priest, Nilakantha. Nilakantha’s daughter Lakmé, and her servant Mallika, are left behind and go down to the river to gather flowers, where they sing together the Flower…...