Research Catalog

Title

Samson et Dalila [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Camille Saint-Saëns ; libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire.

Author

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Lemaire, Ferdinand.
• Graves, Denyce.
• Cura, José, 1962-
• Lafont, Jean-Philippe.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Hobson, Richard (Tenor)
• Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Billy, Bertrand de.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Mansouri, Lofti.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Blier, Steven.
• Fogel, Henry, 1942-
• Gainsley, Phillip.
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 5, 2005.

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:59:11 (Opera) ; 1:05:25 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Denyce Graves (Dalila) ; José Cura (Samson) ; Jean-Phillipe Lafont (The High Priest) ; James Courtney (Abimelech) ; Bernard Fitch (First Philistine) ; Richard Hobson (Second Philistine) ; Tony Stevenson (Philistine messenger) ; Robert Lloyd (Old Hebrew) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bertrand de Billy, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 5, 2005.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. First intermission (Regina Resnik in conversation with Lofti Mansouri) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Juntwait) ; Metropolitan Opera quiz (Steven Blier questions Henry Fogel, Phillip Gainsley, and Stuart Hamilton) ; A word or two from Peter Allen ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Juntwait) ; Closing remarks (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 38204

OCLC

NYPG05-R10252

Author

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.

Title

Samson et Dalila [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Camille Saint-Saëns ; libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire.

Series

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 5, 2005.

Cast

Denyce Graves (Dalila) ; José Cura (Samson) ; Jean-Phillipe Lafont (The High Priest) ; James Courtney (Abimelech) ; Bernard Fitch (First Philistine) ; Richard Hobson (Second Philistine) ; Tony Stevenson (Philistine messenger) ; Robert Lloyd (Old Hebrew) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bertrand de Billy, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 69, no. 8 (February 2005).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 5, 2005.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Lemaire, Ferdinand. Librettist

Graves, Denyce. Performer

Cura, José, 1962- Performer

Lafont, Jean-Philippe. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Hobson, Richard (Tenor)

Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Billy, Bertrand de. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Mansouri, Lofti. Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator

Blier, Steven. Commentator

Fogel, Henry, 1942- Commentator

Gainsley, Phillip. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 38204