Charlo Music

The so-called “flower duet” is nothing else but a famous part from a Romantic opera by Leo Delibes, composed in the 1880s. Included in the work entitled Lakme, the “flower duet” still fascinates listeners by the intensity of emotion it triggers. This is the reason for which it has been included in many advertisements, movie soundtracks, not to mention its over-use by the British Airlines and television shows.How come that a classic piece of music can enjoy such mass popularity? Given the fact that the flower duet suggests a calm descent from wispy clouds, it is not at all curious that the British Airlines have come to associate it with the image of their jetliners floating through calm skies. Moreover, the tune is so popular nowadays, that you may even download the “flower duet” as a ring tone for the mobile phone.In the economy of the original musical performance, the “flower duet” helps the audience enter the atmosphere of the opera by the evocation of an exotic natural corner. Right at the beginning of the opera, the main character, Lakme and one of her servants stop by the river to pick flowers and interpret this “flower duet” that has become … Read more