CinemaOSMovie · 2024

Samson Et Dalila

Music

Pious restraint comes face to face with sensuous hedonism in Camille Saint-Saëns’s grand-opera retelling of the Bible story of Samson and Delilah. Multi-Olivier Award winning director Richard Jones returns to The Royal Opera to stage this spectacular fin-de-siècle masterpiece, not performed at Covent Garden since 2004. Elina Garanca stars as the Philistine Dalila, SeokJong Baek as the inspiring Jewish hero Samson and Antonio Pappano conducts the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. With superb singing in solos and duets of great intimacy and fervour, gorgeous music with thrilling orchestral interludes, and splendid choral numbers for the Royal Opera Chorus – this is a performance to remember.

Directed byRichard Jones

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Status
Released
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2024

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
SeokJong Baek

SeokJong Baek

Samson

Elīna Garanča

Elīna Garanča

Dalila

Łukasz Goliński

High Priest

Alan Pingarron

First Philistine

Chuma Sijeqa

Second Philistine

Thando Mjandana

Messenger

Blaise Malaba

Abimélech

Goderdzi Janelidze

Samson’s Rabbi

Creative team
Directed by
Richard Jones
Richard Jones

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