What was the British Airways opera song?
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What was the British Airways opera song?
The Flower Duet by Léo Delibes from the opera Lakmé has been the effective theme of BA. It was first used in 1984 and has featured in many adverts and has often been played during the boarding of aircraft.
What is BA boarding music called?
the Flower Duet
British Airways has released a new composition based on the Flower Duet, a piece of music which has been regularly used in BA adverts and inflight during boarding.
What opera does the Flower Duet come from?
opera Lakmé
The “Flower Duet” is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of Léo Delibes’ opera Lakmé, premiered in Paris in 1883. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.
Who is in the British Airways advert?
Helen Wetton
Helen Wetton, a 777 captain and the first colleague to feature in the advert, said: “I am tremendously proud to have been involved in creating this advert with British Airways. “I played my own role as a female captain who springs out of bed and races to get to work.”
What is the classical music on the British Airways ad?
The classical music playing in this British Airways advert is the song ‘Lakmé, Act I: Flower Duet’ that’s performed here by Rory Marsden, Alexander Wilson, and Alex Tschallener. Lakmé was written between 1881 and 1882 by the French Romantic composer Léo Delibes.
What commercial uses the flower duet?
Lakme: Flower Duet (Heard in Ghirardelli Chocolate & British Airways TV commercials)
Who wrote the British Airways music?
Lyndon Ooi
The new version has been composed by Lyndon Ooi – a quality engineer at British Airways – whose day job involves checking that British Airways’ aircraft are fit to fly from a technical perspective. The reworked composition is made up of 10 variations representing 10 significant milestones in British Airways’ history.
Who wrote aria on air?
Aria On Air was a piece arranged by Malcolm McLaren, a British musician, and Yanni, a composer and performer hailing from Greece, specially for British Airways’ World’s Favourite Airline global advertising campaign.
