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Camille Saint-Saëns, Samson and Delilah

I: "Dieu! Dieu d'Israël!" (Hebrew chorus)

I: "Arrêtez, ô mes Frères!" (Samson, Hebrew chorus)

I: "Qui donc élève ici la voix?" (Abimélech)

I: "C'est toi que sa bouche invective..." (Samson, Abimélech, Hebrew Chorus)

I: "Que vois-je? Abimélech!" (Le Grand-Prêtre, 1st and 2nd Philistines)

I: "Hymne de joie, Hymne de délivrance" (Hebrew chorus, Un vieillard hébreu)

I: "Voici le printemps nous portant des fleurs" (Hebrew Chorus)

I: "Je viens célébrer la victoire" (Dalila, Samson, Un vieillard hébreu)

I : Danse des prêtresses de Dragon

I: "Printemps qui commence" (Dalila, Un vieillard hébreu)

Prelude Act II

II: "Samson, recherchant ma présence" (Dalila)

II: "J'ai gravi la montagne" (Le Grand-Prêtre, Dalila)

II: "En ces lieux, malgré moi" (Samson, Dalila)

II: "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila, Samson)

II: "Mais!... Non! Que dis-je?" (Dalila, Samson)

III: "Vois ma misère, hélas! vois ma détresse!" (Dalila, Hebrew chorus)

III: "L'aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux" (Philistines)

III: Bacchanale

III: "Salut! Salut au juge d'Israël" (Le Grand-Prêtre, Samson, Philistines)

Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah

Richard Jones (stage director), Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) — With SeokJong Baek (Samson), Elīna Garanča (Dalila), Łukasz Goliński (High Priest of Dagon) …

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Cast

Richard Jones — Stage director

Danielle Urbas — Assistant stage director

Benjamin Davis — Assistant stage director

Hyemi Shin — Set designer

Nicky Gillibrand — Costume designer

Andreas Fuchs — Lighting designer

Lucy Burge — Choreographer

Program notes

Rediscover the sublime Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns's grand opera masterpiece, in a spectacular Royal Opera House staging by Richard Jones! The opera's famous melodic beauty is underscored and enhanced by the remarkably talented cast, including tenor SeokJong Baek, who sensitively conveys the evolution of Samson over the three acts, descending into "baritonal shades as his suffering increased across the show" (OperaWire); and star mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, whose "perfect" execution shows off a sound that is "buttery, even smoky, and then sharpened into a razor edge for moments of fury, frustration, and defiance." And as ever, maestro Antonio Pappano, at the helm of the Royal Opera House's esteemed orchestra, demonstrates his "uncanny ear for unexpected moments of textural interest, sudden dynamic contrasts, or exquisitely underlined cadences."

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