SAMSON ET DALILA London 2022 SeokJong Baek, Elīna Garanča, Lukasz Golinski

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Samson et Dalila   
• Composer: Saint-Saens Camille   
• Libretto: Ferdinand Lemaire    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Royal Opera House, London, UK  
• Recorded: May 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: SeokJong Baek, Elīna Garanča, Lukasz Golinski, Blaise Malaba, Alan Pingarrón, Chuma Sijeqa, Thando Mjandana, Goderdzi Janelidze
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano  
• Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House  
• Chorus: Royal Opera Chorus  
• Stage Director: Richard Jones  
• Stage Designer: Hyemi Shin  
• Costume Designer: Nicky Gillibrand  
• Lighting Designer: Andreas Fuchs  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Royal Opera Streaming  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Quote from Wikipedia:

  Samson and Delilah (French: Samson et Dalila), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed in Weimar at the Grossherzogliches (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) on 2 December 1877 in a German translation.

  The opera is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It is the only opera by Saint-Saëns that is regularly performed. The second act love scene in Delilah’s tent is one of the set pieces that define French opera. Two of Delilah’s arias are particularly well known: “Printemps qui commence” (“Spring begins”) and “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” (“My heart opens itself to your voice”, also known as “Softly awakes my heart”), the latter of which is one of the most popular recital pieces in the mezzo-soprano/contralto repertoire.

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