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Samson et dalila

Opéra Bastille - from 01 October to 05 November 2016

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Samson et dalila

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Opera Camille Saint-Saëns

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Opéra Bastille - from 01 October to 05 November 2016

3h05 with 2 intervals

Samson et Dalila

Opera in three acts and four scenes (1877)

In French

Music :

Camille Saint-Saëns

Libretto :

Ferdinand Lemaire

Conductor :

Philippe Jordan

Director :

Damiano Michieletto

Set design :

Paolo Fantin

Costume design :

Carla Teti

Lighting design :

Alessandro Carletti

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

French and English surtitles
Dalila :

Anita Rachvelishvili

Samson :

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon :

Egils Silins

Abimélech :

Nicolas Testé

Un vieillard hébreu :

Nicolas Cavallier

Un Messager philistin :

John Bernard

Premier Philistin :

Luca Sannai

Deuxième Philistin :

Jian-Hong Zhao

About

In few words:

"Strip the invulnerable shield from his heart and discover the secret of his strength."

Samson et Dalila, Acte II, scène 2

Lightning streaks through the skies as Dalila declares her love to Samson in one of the finest arias of romantic opera. “My heart awakens to your voice like a flower to the kiss of dawn.” An enchanting yet treacherous beauty… When the thunder at last rumbles, Dalila betrays Samson and offers him up to his enemies: “Come up, for this time he has shown me all his heart”, she whispers to them in the night (The Old Testament, Book of Judges). Based on a violent and erotic biblical story, Saint-Saëns’s opera – composed in 1877, much to Liszt’s insistence – would not be performed at the Palais Garnier until fifteen years later. This first Parisian performance in 1892 included the hitherto unperformed “Dance Of The Priestesses”. Nevertheless, it became one of the most performed French operas in the world, together with Faust and Carmen. Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this new production brings back a repertoire masterpiece that has not been performed at the Paris Opera for twenty-five years. Ever sensational as a femme fatale, Anita Rachvelishvili plays the murderous Priestess in a production staged by Damiano Michieletto.

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Anita Rachvelishvili & Aleksandrs Antonenko : Duo entre Samson et Dalila

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Samson et Dalila - Extrait

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Samson et Dalila - Trailer

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Damiano Michieletto à propos de Samson et Dalila - Par le Cercle Berlioz

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Entretien avec Anita Rachvelishvili - Par le Cercle Berlioz

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Anita Rachvelishvili interprète « Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix » - Par le Cercle Berlioz

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Aleksandrs Antonenko et Damiano Michieletto à propos de Samson et Dalila - Par le Cercle Berlioz

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L’élaboration des costumes de Samson et Dalila - Par le Cercle Berlioz

Audio clips

Podcast | Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saëns

— By In partnership with France Musique

About the work

Mezzo piano

By Felipe Sanguinetti
Too human

By Damiano Michieletto
Schönberg, Verdi, Wagner and Berlioz: the commitment to cycles

By Octave
Podcast Samson et Dalila

By France Musique

Partners

With the support of the Cercle Berlioz
Sponsor of the Paris Opera initiatives for young people and of the avant-premières

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Sponsor of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts

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With the support of AROP

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Ce spectacle fera l’objet d’une captation audiovisuelle

Une co-production Opéra national de Paris et Telmondis avec le soutien du CNC et la participation d'Arte Concert, réalisée par François-René Martin.
Diffusion en direct au cinéma le 13 octobre, diffusion sur Arte Concert à partir du 14 octobre.
Diffusion sur France Musique le 23 octobre.

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