Samson et Dalila NEW PRODUCTION AND FIRST TIME IN HD
CONDUCTOR
Sir Mark Elder
PRODUCTION
Darko Tresnjak
FEATURING
Elīna Garanča, Roberto Alagna
SYNOPSIS
Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila stars Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the title roles; the pair was last seen together by HD audiences in the acclaimed 2010 transmission of Bizet’s Carmen. Laurent Naouri co-stars as the High Priest, with Elchin Azizov as the Philistine King Abimélech and Dmitry Belosselskiy as the Old Hebrew. Darko Tresnjak, the Tony Award–winning director of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, makes his Met debut directing the first new Met production of the opera in 20 years. Sir Mark Elder conducts.
Sung in French with English subtitles.
3h 14m