can you also tell me the title of the opera? x_X Philip Glass (an AMERICAN composer) wrote an opera in english that was set in india (i think), but the Opera I think you are thinking about is Lakme by Leo Delibes. Check out the bell song on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10a3QcGv... French composer Georges Bizet's first opera, "The Pearl Fishers" was set in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The premire was 30th September 1863 in Paris. It was performed at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre in Mumbai, India in 2005.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/09/01/fea02...
L茅o Delibes's Lakme is based on the novel Rarahu and set in British colonial India.
Premi猫re: Paris Op茅ra-Comique 14th April 1883.
The Bell Song, O霉 va la jeune indoue? (Where does the young Indian girl go?), is sung by Lakm茅 in the market-place, as she obeys her father鈥檚 command to attract the man who has profaned his temple.
The Fakir of Benaras by French playwright Leo Manuel had its premier April 1922 at the Mondador theatre in Paris.
http://www.the-south-asian.com/April2002...
Austrian Composer Gunter F Gossler's opera, ''God of the World'' is set in India.
The plot: ''Lord Shiva with his consort Devi Parvathi depict the merging of 'Yin and Yang,' the male and female energy of the cosmos.
(The opera "Akhnaten" by Philip Glass is set in Egypt.) The only opera that comes to mind is "Lakm茅" by L茅o Delibes. | 