The Flower Duet

This duet, about Lakme and her servant Mallika gathering lotus flowers at the river, is one of the most popular in all of opera. The version that I played this morning features soprano Natalie Dessay
and Delphine Haidan.

Here's a video featuring both Dessay and Haidan.





Here's a link to an npr story from May of 2007 about the "Flower Duet" from the opera "Lakme" by composer Leo Delibes.

Opera rules!

Here's a clip of Welsh singer Paul Potts' audition for the talent show "Best of Britian. He went on to win by the way.

More videos of Paul Potts.







Here's a link to a couple of stories about Paul Potts that aired on NPR's "Day to Day" earlier this week.