Canon
Where to start with Delibes
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralCoppélia — Suite from the ballet
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StageLakmé — Opera
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VocalBonjour, Suzon! — Song
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StageCoppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail — Ballet
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StageLa source, ou Naïla
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OrchestralLe Roi s'amuse, 6 airs de danse dans le style ancien
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VocalLe Rossignol — Song
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StageLe roi l'a dit — Opera
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VocalLes abeilles, for chorus
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VocalLes filles de Cadix
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VocalLes norvégiennes, for female chorus and piano
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VocalLes nymphes des bois, for female chorus and piano
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VocalLes pifferari, for chorus
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OrchestralSylvia — Suite from the ballet
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StageSylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane — Ballet
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Delibes's catalogueMost Popular
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Coppélia (ballet)
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Sylvia (ballet)
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Lakmé (opera) — Flower Duet
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Naila (Intermezzo from La Source ballet)
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Les filles de Cadix (song)
Most Acclaimed
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Sylvia
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Coppélia
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Lakmé
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Le Roi l\’a dit (opera)
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Kassya (opera — unfinished, completed by Massenet)
Most Weird
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Kassyaunfinished opera completed by Massenet after Delibes died
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Lakmé Act II — the mad sceneLakmé has gone mad from grief; musically extraordinary
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Jean de Nivelle (opera)
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Six romances for voice
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Messe brève for three voices and organ
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 17
- Orchestral
- Coppélia — Suite from the ballet
- Le Roi s'amuse, 6 airs de danse dans le style ancien
- Sylvia — Suite from the ballet
- Stage
- Lakmé — Opera
- Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail — Ballet
- La source, ou Naïla
- Le roi l'a dit — Opera
- Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane — Ballet
- Valse, ou Pas de fleurs
- Vocal
- Bonjour, Suzon! — Song
- Le Rossignol — Song
- Les abeilles, for chorus
- Les filles de Cadix
- Les norvégiennes, for female chorus and piano
- Les nymphes des bois, for female chorus and piano
- Les pifferari, for chorus
- Viens, Une Flute — Song