Samson and Delilah discography
This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Camille Saint-Saëns's 1877 French opera Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah).[1]
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast: Samson, Dalila, Grand-prêtre de Dagon, Abimélech) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | René Maison, Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren, Ezio Pinza, John Gurney |
Maurice Abravanel, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 26 December 1936 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Guild Cat: 2273 |
| 1941 | René Maison, Risë Stevens, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon |
Wilfrid Pelletier, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 13 December 1941 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1946 | José Luccioni, Hélène Bouvier, Paul Cabanel, Charles Cambon |
Louis Fourestier, Paris Opéra Orchestra and Chorus (The first studio made recording and the first recording of the opera to be released commercially.) |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110063-64 |
| 1948 | José Luccioni, Susanne Lefort, Pierre Nougaro, Ernest Mestrallet |
Eugène Bigot, Grand Théâtre de Genève Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Malibran Music Cat: MR502 |
| 1948 | Lorenz Fehenberger, Res Fischer, Fred Destal, Max Eibel |
Hans Altman, Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0040 |
| 1949 | Ramón Vinay, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill, Osie Hawkins |
Emil Cooper, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 26 November 1949 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1953 | Ramón Vinay, Risë Stevens, Sigurd Björling, Norman Scott |
Fausto Cleva, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 14 March 1953 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1954 | Jan Peerce, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill |
Robert Shaw, NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale |
CD: RCA Victor Cat: LM 1848 |
| 1955 | Ramón Vinay, Ebe Stignani, Antonio Manca-Serra, Giovanni Amodeo |
Fritz Rieger, Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Bongiovanni Cat: HOCO 31 |
| 1956 | Set Svanholm, Blanche Thebom, Sigurd Björling |
Herbert Sandberg, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Caprice Cat: CAP 22054 |
| 1962 | Jon Vickers, Rita Gorr, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov |
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris |
CD: EMI classics |
| 1964 | Jon Vickers, Oralia Domínguez, Ernest Blanc, Henk Driessen |
Jean Fournet, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra |
CD: Opera D'oro |
| 1970 | Richard Cassily, Shirley Verrett, Robert Massard, Giovanni Foiani |
Georges Prêtre, Orquestra do Teatro alla Scala |
CD: Opera D'oro |
| 1973 | James King, Christa Ludwig, Bernd Weikl, Alexander Malta |
Giuseppe Patanè, Münchner Rundfunkorchester |
CD: BMG Cat: 779-2-RG |
| 1978 | Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Renato Bruson, Pierre Thau |
Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre et Choeur de Paris |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 413 297-2 |
| 1989 | José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Jonathan Summers, Simon Estes |
Sir Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus |
CD: Philips |
| 1991 | Plácido Domingo, Waltraud Meier, Alain Fondary, Jean-Philippe Courtis |
Myung-whun Chung, Bastille Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 54470-2 |
| 1998 | José Cura, Olga Borodina, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Egils Siliņš |
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
CD: Elektra Records |
| 2007 | Clifton Forbis, Denyce Graves, Greer Grimsley, Philip Skinner |
Karen Keltner, San Diego Symphony Orchestra & San Diego Opera Chorus |
CD: Premiere Opera Ltd Cat: CDNO 2793-2 |
- Note: "Cat:" is short for the label's catalogue number where available.
Video reccordings
| Year | Cast: Samson, Dalila, Grand-prêtre de Dagon, Abimélech, Old Hebrew) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, Wolfgang Brendel, Arnold Voketaitis, Kevin Langan |
Julius Rudel, San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Choreographer: Margo Sappington;[2] recorded live) |
DVD: Kultur Video Cat: 032031 00109 1 |
| 1981 | Jon Vickers, Shirley Verrett, Jonathan Summers, John Tomlinson, Gwynne Howell |
Colin Davis, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (Producer: Elijah Moshinsky;[3] recorded live, 6 October) |
DVD: Kultur Video Cat: 032031 00109 1 |
| 1998 | Plácido Domingo, Olga Borodina, Sergei Leiferkus, Richard Paul Fink, René Pape |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Production: Elijah Moshinsky; choreographer: Graeme Murphy; TV director: Brian Large; recorded live, 28 September) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0599 Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[4] |
| 2010 | José Cura, Julia Gertseva, Stefan Stoll, Lukas Schmidt, Ulrich Schneider |
Jochem Hochstenbach, Baden State Theater Orchestra & Chorus (Designer & director: José Cura; recorded live, 22 & 24 October) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 101 631[5] |
| 2016 | Aleksandrs Antonenko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Egils Siliņš, Nicolas Testé, Nicolas Cavallier |
Philippe Jordan, Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Director: Damiano Michieletto; recorded live, 13 October, Opéra Bastille) |
Full HD: Paris Opera Play[6] |
| 2018 | Roberto Alagna, Elīna Garanča, Laurent Naouri, Elchin Azizov, Dimitry Belosselskiy |
Mark Elder, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Darko Tresnjak; choreographer: Austin McCormick; recorded live, 20 October) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[7] |
| 2022 | SeokJong Back, Elīna Garanča, Łukasz Goliński, Blaise Malaba, Goderdzi Janelidze |
Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Stage director: Richard Jones; recorded live, 10 June, Royal Opera House) |
Blu-ray: Opus Arte[8] HD video: Royal Ballet and Opera Stream[9] |
- Note: "Cat:" is short for the label's catalogue number where available.
References
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, information is from Recordings of Samson and Delilah, operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ San Francisco Opera video, 1981, OCLC 45535653.
- ^ Royal Opera video, 1981, OCLC 1499916061.
- ^ Met Opera, 28 September 1998, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 331000, Met Opera DB.
- ^ Baden State Theater, 2010, ASIN B008P76XQU.
- ^ Paris Opera, 2016, Paris Opera Play.
- ^ Met Opera, 20 October 2018, Met Opera on Demand; CID:357020, Met Opera DB.
- ^ Royal Opera, 2022, Blu-ray: ASIN B0CP6LDFV4.
- ^ Samson et Dalila (2022)", rbo.org.