The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Samson et Dalila: “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix”
A towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has many of the hallmarks of grand opera—show-stopping vocal displays, thrilling choruses, and an engrossing plot set against a sweeping, pseudo-historical backdrop. It’s fitting, then, that Samson et Dalila has been chos...