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Saint-Sa毛ns's Samson et Dalila

Antonio Pappano conducts Saint-Sa毛ns's Samson et Dalila, with SeokJong Baek and El墨na Garan膷a in the title roles, as faith, love, deceit and vengeance collide Old Testament-style.

Baritone-turned-tenor SeokJong Baek and superstar mezzo El墨na Garan膷a take the title roles in Richard Jones's new production of Saint-Sa毛ns's Samson et Dalila, the Old Testament story where faith and love collide with deceit and vengeance.

After years of oppression under the yoke of the heathen Philistines, the Israelites have almost lost faith in God and seem paralysed in disillusioned, fatalistic despair. Samson, whose strength of faith is mirrored by his physical power, rouses his people to revolt against their oppressors. Bent on revenge for her people, Philistine Dalila seduces Samson and persuades him to reveal the secret of his strength, precipitating the Bible's most famous haircut. Now, unable to fend off the Philistines, Samson is humiliated, tortured and blinded. But his faith never deserts him and in one last superhuman feat Samson pulls down the temple in the midst of the Philistines' idolatrous orgy.

Famous for Dalila's erotically charged seduction aria 'Mon c艙ur s'ouvre 脿 ta voix' and the orgiastic bacchanal, the opera is also full of dark and dramatic choruses whose model Saint-Sa毛ns took from Bach and Handel.

Recorded earlier this month and introduced by Georgia Mann in conversation with Sarah Hibberd and including contributions from cast and conductor.

Acts 1 & 2

8.10 pm
Interval

8.30 pm
Act 3

Samson.....SeokJong Baek (tenor)
Dalila.....El墨na Garan膷a (mezzo-soprano)
High Priest.....Lukasz Golinski (baritone)
First Philistine.....Alan Pingarr贸n (tenor)
Second Philistine.....Chuma Sijeqa (bass)
Messenger.....Thando Mjandana (tenor)
Abim茅lech.....Blaise Malaba (bass)
Samson's Rabbi.....Goderdzi Janelidze (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Read the full synopsis on the Royal Opera House website: https://bit.ly/39NiRMz

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Jun 2022 18:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Samson Et Dalila - Act 1

    Performer: SeokJong Baek. Performer: Lukasz Golinski. Performer: Alan Pingarron. Performer: Chuma Sijeqa. Performer: Blaise Malaba. Performer: Goderdzi Janelidze. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Samson Et Dalila - Act 2

    Performer: SeokJong Baek. Performer: Lukasz Golinski. Performer: Alan Pingarron. Performer: Chuma Sijeqa. Performer: Blaise Malaba. Performer: Goderdzi Janelidze. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Samson Et Dalila - Act 3

    Performer: SeokJong Baek. Performer: Lukasz Golinski. Performer: Alan Pingarron. Performer: Chuma Sijeqa. Performer: Blaise Malaba. Performer: Goderdzi Janelidze. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quintet No.2 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Faur茅 Complete chamber music for strings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1-4.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G major Wq.180

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10-12.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Jun 2022 18:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3