Travel Tip: Opera in Switzerland
Samson et Dalila

Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Opera in 3 acts and 4 tableaux
Libretto: Ferdinand Lemaire
First performed in Weimar at the Hoftheater on 2 December 1877 in a German translation

First performance of the French version in Rouen at the Théâtre des Arts, 3 March 1890
 
Sung in French with surtitles in English and French
New production: Coproduction Deutsche Oper Berlin

Michel Plasson, conductor

Stage Director: Patrick Kinmonth
Set and Costume Designers: Patrick Kinmonth, Darko Petrovic

Cast:

Samson: Aleksandrs Antonenko
Dalila: Malgorzata Walewska
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon: Alain Vernhes
Abimélech: Jean Teitgen
Un vieillard hébreu: Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Le Messager: Fabrice Farina
Le 1er Philistin: Rémi Garin
Le 2ème Philistin: Khachik Matevosyan

Lighting Designer: Manfred Voss 
Choreographer: Jonathan Lunn 
Musical Direction Assistant: Frack Villard
Chorus Director: Ching-Lien Wu 

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Grand Théâtre Opera Chorus