Conductor - Patrick Summers
Production - Nicolas Joël
Abimélech - Eric Jordan
The High Priest of Dagon - Juha Uusitalo
A Philistine Messenger - Noah Stewart
An Old Hebrew - Oren Gradus
Dalila - Olga Borodina
This performance of Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, 1877, comes from the San Francisco Opera in 2007. I saw Olga sing this opera three times around that time. Read about it here.
I love Olga's voice for this. For me she has the perfect sound. And all the good stuff in this opera is written for her. For her type of heavy mezzo this is the peak experience. I don't mind Elina in the role, but true love is only for Olga. The second verse of "Mon coeur" is a duet. For some reason I didn't remember this. I think it's better without the tenor.
I enjoy the other singers in this production. This is old fashioned, lush late romantic, in singing, in conducting, and in visual tone. It is well worth a visit.
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