Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Set in India during the British Raj, the story focuses on Lakmé, the daughter of a Hindu priest. Lakmé's life is troubled by her infatuation with a British officer.
Joan Sutherland | Lakmé |
Clifford Grant | Nilakantha |
Huguette Tourangeau | Mallika |
Graeme Ewer | Hadji |
Henri Wilden | Gerald |
John Pringle | Frederick |
Isobel Buchanan | Ellen |
Jennifer Bermingham | Rose |
Rosina Raisbeck | Miss Bentson |