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Samson et Dallla

BBC Radio 3
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Saint-Saens three-act opera, given earlier this evening at the Vienna State Opera.
Samson... PLACIDO DOMINGO (tenor) (mezzo) (baritone) (bass)(bass) (tenor) (baritone) (baritone)
Vienna State Opera and Orchestra conductor Georges Pretre Act
8.15 A Stroll in Vienna
Architect and designer Carl Aubock visits the Opera House and talks to Judith Bumpus about the theatre as a glittering social mecca.
8.35 Act 2
9.20 Roderick Swanston on the story of Samson and Delila.
9.40 Act 3
(In association with ORF)

Contributors

Conductor:
Georges Pretre
Designer:
Carl Aubock
Unknown:
Judith Bumpus
Unknown:
Roderick Swanston
Dalila:
Agnes Baltsa
High Priest:
Alain Fondary
Abimelech:
Claudio Otelli
Old Hebrew:
Kurt Rydl
Philistines' messenger:
Franz Kasemann
First Philistine:
Anton Wendler
Second Philistine:
John Antoniou
Source: Radio Times

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