The Flower Duet:

My all time favorite song is "Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs..." from the opera "Lakme" by Leo Delibes -- popularly known as The Flower Duet. For my birthday about twenty years ago, my husband gave me a CD of opera arias. One aria immediately struck a chord with me; one that I had never heard before. The Flower Duet is haunting and beautiful and lush. "...given over to the 1880's fashion for exoticism, the delicate orchestration and melodic richness earned Delibes a success with his audiences." Much to my dismay, years later he was thrilled that it had been included in the soundtrack to one of his favorite movies, True Romance. Oh well...