Name: Samson et Dalila, op. 47
Start: 2009-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera Antwerp

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Torsten Kerl

Samson

Mezzo-soprano

Marianna Tarasova

Delilah

Baritone

Nikola Mijailovic

High Priest of Dagon

Bass

Milcho Borovinov

Abimelech

Tijl Faveyts

Old Hebrew

Conductor

Yannis Pouspourikas

Tomáš Netopil

Stage director

Amir Nizar Zuabi

Omri Nitzan

Set designer

Ashraf Hanna

Costume designer

Chorus master

Dimitris Tiliakos

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Samson et Dalila, op. 47 -  (Samson and Delilah)

Antwerp

Belgium

Opera Antwerp

Ghent

Schouwburg

Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns, from Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp / Ghent, 2009. Directed by Willy Vanduren, conductor Tomás Netopil. Starring Samson: Torsten Kerl, Delilah: Marianna Tarasova, The High Priest of Dagon: Nikola Mijailovic, Abimélech: Milcho Borovinov, A Hebrew old man: Tijl Faveyts.

Staged by the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp in 2009, Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah—a story of doomed love set against the backdrop of cultural conflict between Hebrews and Philistines—is relocated to the contemporary Middle East. Directors Omri Nitzan and Amir Nizar Zuabi explore the tensions between different nations and religions, and the complex oppressor-oppressed relationship. "We tried to move away from the quasi-biblical interpretation,” say Nitzan and Zuabi, “and to place the story in today's world to explain its political aspects better.... Acts of terror by a state will lead to acts of terror against a state, which in turn will lead to more terror by the state and this completes the vicious circle."

Backed by the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Vlaamse Opera under the baton of Czech conductor Tomáš Netopil, young German tenor Torsten Kerl plays the Samson to Russian mezzo-soprano Marianna Tarasova’s Delilah. The music’s kaleidoscopic colours are evoked with sensitivity and lyricism by the orchestra and singers, unfolding the dramatic story in all its tragic beauty.

Samson and Delilah was originally intended to be an oratorio, but as his ideas developed, Saint-Saëns was persuaded to turn it into an opera. In 1877, Franz Liszt arranged for its world premiere in Weimar, Germany. In 1892 it made its way to the Paris Opera, where it was played more than five hundred times over the next thirty years.

Samson et Dalila Saint-Saëns

Samson and Delilah

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Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

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Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Watch full performance here: Samson et Dalila (2009)

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Samson and Delilah by Saint-Saëns, lr. 02 mai. 2009, Noiztik (2009/2009), Zuzendaria Amir Nizar Zuabi, Omri Nitzan,, Zuzendaria Yannis Pouspourikas, Tomáš Netopil, Opera Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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