Delibes: Lakmé

“A clear first choice. […] Natalie Dessay is certainly a star in the title role and yet she never fails to remember that Delibes’s heroine must be a fragile and sensitive young creature. […] Her singing of the death scene, with its delicate fil di voce perfectly poised each time the high A comes round, is heartfelt and leaves no doubt that this is a Lakmé who deserves to go to heaven.” Gramophone