Orion kidnaps the title heroine of one ballet by him; Aminta loves that title nymph of Diana.
In one opera by this composer, a tenor asks his beloved to forget the world and join him in the forest in "Ah! Viens, dans la forêt profonde". A solo alto saxophone plays the main melody of the "Barcarolle" from Act III of one ballet by this composer, which also features a "pizzicato" divertissement as its most famous movement. In this composer's most famous operatic selection, which is in B major and 6/8 time, two (*) sopranos sing extended melismas in parallel thirds. Orion kidnaps the title heroine of one ballet by him; Aminta loves that title nymph of Diana. Mallika helps the protagonist gather plants by the riverside in an opera by him, in which the priest Nilankantha forces his daughter to sing "Où va la jeune Hindoue" in order to lure the British soldier Gérald to his death for trespassing on sacred Brahmin grounds. For 10 points, the "Bell Song" and the "Flower Duet" appear in what French composer's opera Lakmé?
In one opera by this composer, a tenor asks his beloved to forget the world and join him in the forest in "Ah! Viens, dans la forêt profonde".
(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes