Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Placido Domingo (Samson), Waltraud Meier (Dalila), Alain Fondary (High Priest of Dagon), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Abimelech), Samuel Ramey (An Old Hebrew)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
When the big melody appears in Dalila's seduction aria, Chung's idiomatic conducting encourages a tender restraint, where others produce a full-throated roar. Meier may not have an ideally sensuous...
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Placido Domingo (Samson), Waltraud Meier (Dalila), Alain Fondary (High Priest of Dagon), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Abimelech), Samuel Ramey (An Old Hebrew)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
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When the big melody appears in Dalila's seduction aria, Chung's idiomatic conducting encourages a tender restraint, where others produce a full-throated roar. Meier may not have an ideally sensuous...
About
Recorded in 1991
Contents and tracklist
- François Harismendy (tenor), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor), Christian Papis (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Myung-Whun Chung (director), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass), Alain Fondary (bass-baritone), Samuel Ramey (bass)
- Choeur de l'Opéra Bastille, Orchestre De L'Opera Bastille
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1992-01-01
"Seigneur ! La troupe furieuse" (Un messager Philistin, 1er et 2ème Philistins, Le Grand-Prêtre)
Track length2:48
- François Harismendy (tenor), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor), Christian Papis (tenor), Samuel Ramey (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Myung-Whun Chung (director), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Alain Fondary (bass-baritone), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Choeur de l'Opéra Bastille, Orchestre De L'Opera Bastille
- Myung-Whun Chung
Saint-Saëns:
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 3
Work length35:49
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- François Harismendy (tenor), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor), Christian Papis (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Myung-Whun Chung (director), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Alain Fondary (bass-baritone), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass), Samuel Ramey (bass)
- Choeur de l'Opéra Bastille, Orchestre De L'Opera Bastille
- Myung-Whun Chung
"Vois ma misère, hélas ! vois ma détresse !" (Samson, Les Hébreux)
Track length10:52
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
2010 edition
When the big melody appears in Dalila's seduction aria, Chung's idiomatic conducting encourages a tender restraint, where others produce a full-throated roar. Meier may not have an ideally sensuous voice for the role...but her feeling for words is strong and the characterization vivid.