Talk:Flower Duet

'Black, Black Heart'

Is this song also sampled on the David Usher song 'Black, Black Heart'? I'm not sure but from the information I'm gathering, it seems about right, but I don't want to post anything until I'm certain. Claude.Xanadu 16:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

The Sum of All Fears

I don't think that it appears in The Sum of All Fears. There was opera in the film but not from Lakme. Know when it appears in the film?67.188.39.224 (talk) 05:09, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Pop culture list

I trimmed some of the pop culture refs and removed others that didn't seem noteworthy or that I couldn't verify. I don't think TV should be included unless it occurs on a recurring bases such as a theme song. For movie references I took out the movie description and the description of where the song occurs and left just the title. Note that in soundtrack listings the aria can be listed as "The Flower Duet", "Viens, Mallika", or "Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin". "Bell Song" from the same opera also appears in several movies.--RDBury (talk) 14:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Current WP guidelines state that pop culture refs have to be referenced in a secondary source (which itself fits the criterion of WP:RELIABLE) in order to establish that the reference is WP:NOTABLE. See Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content I imagine that a strict application of this would involve discarding at least three-fourths of the references listed here. On the other hand, it would be a good idea to note that the popularity of this piece in pop culture seems to have been inaugurated by its usage in the 1983 film The Hunger.Plus some discussion of the role of this piece in the original Lakme opera would be a good idea.--WickerGuy (talk) 06:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Madama Butterfly

Isn't "Flower Duet" also used to refer to the duet between Madama Butterfly and Suzuki ("Tutti i flor?") in Pucchini's opera? Laogooli (talk) 03:22, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, it is. This is why one should use the original language in which the operas were written to label each melody. It avoids confusion and poor translations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.58.147.83 (talk) 06:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Use in popular culture - Possible Reference Error???

* It is well known for its use in British Airways TV commercials, from 1989 onwards

Didn't the British Airways use "Aria" by Yanni, which wasn't actually the Flower Duet from Lakme, but based on the famous duet. This entry seems to state that it is the same duet. --Trickse (talk) 18:04, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Copy to Wikisource request

In its existing form the article cannot be moved to wikisource. Wikisource could take a part of the article (the translation), though we would need to know that the translation is in the public domain. If it is a user contributed translation, then we would be looking to indicate that it is a community contributed translation. If that is suitable then the translator would need to contact myself or others at Wikisource to help this happen. billinghurst sDrewth 14:17, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

The 'bridge part' is missing.

First of all, I think the left-hand side of the 'Translation Tables' should contain the French language parts, with the English translation to the right (after all we are translating from French to English).

Secondly: The article fails to include the middle portion of the duet (followed by a repeat of the first section).

I will include this 'bridge' portion herein - in the 'French-first' format mentioned above, and allow the contributors to edit the original page as they sit fit (assuming they do make this "necessary" amendments).

French	English
Lakmé chante:      Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite      s’empare de moi.      Quand mon père va seul à leur ville maudite,        Je tremble d’effroi!	Lakmé sings:      But, an eerie feeling of distress      overcomes me      When my father goes into their damned city      I tremble with fright!
Mallika chante:      Pour que le Dieu Ganeça le protège,      Jusqu’à l’étang où s’ébattent joyeux      Les cygnes aux ailes de neige,      Allons cueillir les lotus bleus.	Mallika sings: In order to be protected by Ganesh      Let us go to the pond      Where swans with wings of snow joyfully play        And pick blue lotuses
Lakmé chante:      Oui, pres des cygnes aux ailes de neige,      Allons cueillir les lotus bleus	Lakmé sings:      Yes, near the swans with wings of snow,      And pick blue lotuses

Manixx 05:48, 10 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manixx2a (talk • contribs)

More music

I suggest to include the music file at right.Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:46, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2017

I recall a skit from a comedy show that starts with one woman starting this tune, with another joining in. Their harmonies are beautiful. When finished, one asks the other where she trained. The scene pulls back to reveal that they are both exotic dancers at a strip club. I don't know if this was on Mad TV, Saturday Night Live or some other show. Does anybody else know? Or am I crazy and just imagined the whole thing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malaggar (talk • contribs) 09:45, 15 October 2017 (UTC)