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Samson et Dalila / Camille Saint-Saëns.

Met Opera on Demand Available online

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Borodina, Olʹga, 1963- performer, performer.
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer, performer.
Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- performer, performer.
Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor, conductor.
Moshinsky, Elijah, director, director.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 28 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, colo
Other Title:
Met Opera on Demand.
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1998]
Language Note:
Sung in French; English subtitles.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
video file streaming video file
Summary:
Any time Plácido Domingo sings the demanding role of Samson is a gala occasion, but this time was even more special: the performance opened the Met's 1998-99 season and honored the great tenor on the 30th anniversary of his Met debut. With James Levine bringing out all the color in Saint-Saëns's exotic score, the rest of the cast rose to the occasion. Olga Borodina's sultry Dalila is matched to Domingo's searing portrayal of Samson. The cast is rounded out by Sergei Leiferkus, René Pape, and Richard Paul Fink.
Contents:
Star spangled banner
Opening credits
Dieu! Dieu d'Israël! écoute la prière
Arrêtez, ô mes frères!
Qui donc élève ici la voix?
C'est toi que sa bouche invective
Que vois-je? Abimélech!
Hymne de joie
Voici le printemps nous portant des fleurs
Je viens célèbrer la victoire
Danse des Prêtresses de Dagon
Printemps qui commence
Prélude
Samson, recherchant ma présence
Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
J'ai gravi la montagne
Oui
déjà par trois fois
Se pourrait-til que sur son cœur
En ces lieux, malgré moi
Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
Mais! non! Que dis-je, hélas!
Vois ma misère, hélas!
Interlude
L'aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux
Bacchanale
Salut! Salut au juge d'Israël
Gloire à Dagon vainqueur
Addresses by Joseph Volpe and Rudolph Giuliani
Address by Plàcido Domingo
Bows and closing credits.
Participant:
Olga Borodina ; Plácido Domingo ; Sergei Leiferkus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
Credits:
Director, Elijah Moshinsky.
Notes:
Recorded live in 1998 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
859396073
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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