Organization

State Opera Varna

Mezzosoprano (+2)

Vikena Kamenica

Dalila

Dirección orquestal

Grigor Palikarov

Dirección de escena

Ada Gurra

Tirana National Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Varna State Opera

Chorus

Choir of the Varna State Opera

Ballet

Ballet of the Varna State Opera

Tenor

Dario Di Vietri

Sansón

Barítono (+3)

Svilen Nikolov

Sumo sacerdote de Dagón

Bajo (+3)

Geo Chobanov

Abimelec

Bajobarítono (+2)

Eugeniy Stanimirov

Viejo hebreo

Opera at the Summer Theatre

Varna Sea Garden

Artyom Arutyunov

Mensajero filisteo

Tenor (+1)

Mihail Valchev

Primer filisteo

Petar Petrov

Segundo filisteo

One of the three most famous French-language operas, Samson et Delilah was written in the last quarter of the 19th century by composer Camille Saint-Saëns and librettist Ferdinand Lemaitre. The work tells the famous biblical story of Samson - the brave leader of the Jews against the Philistines, seduced by the beauty of Delilah - the priestess of the god Dagon. There is power, passion and betrayal in the plot, and the stage drama and music leave the audience breathless.

The music is extremely rich, with an abundance of affecting melodies, and the characters' characters are strongly psychologically constructed. Delilah's aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" is among the most beautiful in the world mezzo-soprano repertoire. An emblematic excerpt is also the "Bacchanalia" of the third act, depicting the seduction of Samson by Delilah, often also performed as a stand-alone concert piece.

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