There are 65 recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens on file

Order by conductor

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1 1936(LI) - Abravanel Maurice - Metropolitan Opera*

2 1941(LI) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*

3 1946(SE) - Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - Bolshoi Theatre*

4 1946(STU) - Fourestier Louis - L'Opéra de Paris*

5 1948(LI) - Bigot Eugène - Grand Théâtre de Genève*

6 1948(RA) - Altman Hans - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

7 1949(LI) - Cooper Emil - Metropolitan Opera*

8 1953(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

9 1954(SE) - Stokowski Leopold - NBC Symphony Orchestra*

10 1955(LI) - Rieger Fritz - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

11 1956(LE) - Sandberg Herbert - Royal Swedish Opera*

12 1957(Act 2;RE) - Froment Louis de - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique*

13 1958(LI) - Beecham Thomas - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires*

14 1958(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

15 1958(SE) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

16 1959(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

17 1960(LI) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*

18 1962(STU) - Prêtre Georges - L'Opéra de Paris*

19 1963(LI) - Dervaux Pierre - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

20 1963(LI) - Prêtre Georges - San Francisco Opera*

21 1964(LI) - Fournet Jean - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*

22 1964(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Metropolitan Opera*

23 1965(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

24 1965(LI) - Fournet Jean - Chicago Lyric Opera*

25 1970(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Teatro alla Scala*

26 1971(LI) - Baudo Serge - Metropolitan Opera*

27 1971(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

28 1971(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

29 1972(LI;McCracken)) - Baudo Serge - Metropolitan Opera*

30 1972(LI;Vickers) - Baudo Serge - Metropolitan Opera*

31 1972(RA) - Quadri Argeo - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*

32 1972(STU) - Adler Kurt - Rumanian Radio-Television*

33 1973(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

34 1973(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*

35 1974(LI) - Maag Peter - Arena di Verona*

36 1975(LI) - Prêtre Georges - L'Opéra de Paris*

37 1977(LI) - Ehrling Sixten - Metropolitan Opera*

38 1978(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - Orchestre de Paris*

39 1981(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden**

40 1981(LI) - Plasson Michel - Chicago Lyric Opera*

41 1981 - Rudel Julius - San Francisco Opera**

42 1984(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago de Chile**

43 1985(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*

44 1985(LI) - Prêtre Georges - L'Opéra de Nice*

45 1987(LI) - Fournet Jean - Metropolitan Opera*

46 1988(LI) - Cambreling Sylvain - Wiener Symphoniker***

47 1989(LI) - Delacôte Jacques - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

48 1989(STU) - Davis Colin - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

49 1990 & 1991(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Wiener Staatsoper*

50 1991(STU) - Chung Myung-Whun - Opéra-Bastille*

51 1993(LI) - Pallo Imre - Vlaamse Opera*

52 1995(LI) - Delacôte Jacques - Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice***

53 1996(LI) - Delacôte Jacques - Teatro Bellini di Catania*

54 1998(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**

55 1998(LI) - Slatkin Leonard - Metropolitan Opera*

56 1998(STU) - Davis Colin - London Symphony Orchestra*

57 1999(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid**

58 1999(LI) - Karabtchevsky Isaac - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

59 2002(LI) - Bertini Gary - Teatro alla Scala***

60 2005(LI) - Billy Bertrand De - Metropolitan Opera*

61 2006(LI) - Villaume Emmanuel - Metropolitan Opera*

62 2007(FI) - Levi David - Aukso Orchestra Poland**

63 2007(LI) - Keltner Karen - San Diego Symphony Orchestra*

64 2007(LI) - Ono Kazushi - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie*

65 2009(LI) - Netopil Tomás - Vlaamse Opera*

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Maurice Abravanel - 1936(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - René Maison

Dalila - Gertrud Wettergren

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ezio Pinza

Abimélech - John Gurney

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Emanuel List

Le messager philistin - Angelo Bada

Premier philistin - Max Altglass

Deuxième philistin - Wilfred Engelman

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Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 26 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2273/74 (+excerpts with Vezzani and Duchêne);; {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 122636 (BRO 125865) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 2004 p.77 [AB]

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95

Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.61; August-September 1997 S.79

Diapason - No.172 p.223

Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.6

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2004 p.103 (mention) [JTH]

The Record Collector - Vol.49 No.3 September 2004 pp.225-227 [NGO]

International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.82

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.91 septiembre 1996 p.40

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 December 1936). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - René Maison

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Leonard Warren

Abimélech - Norman Cordon

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Nicola Moscona

Le messager philistin - Emery Darcy

Premier philistin - John Dudley

Deuxième philistin - Arthur Kent

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 523

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *«Almost complete» recording of a performance at the MET (13 December 1941). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in Russian

Conductor Alexander Melik-Pasheyev - 1946(SE)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Samson - Nikander Khanayev

Dalila - Maria Maksakova

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 014905-6 (+Wesendonck Lieder) {1LP}

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- The following excerpts are performed: Dalila's Aria (Act 1); Dalila's Aria (Act 2); Dalila's Aria, Duet of Samson and Dalila, and Finale (Act 3). The LP issued by Melodiya is listed in «Soviet Long Playing Records» 1965 No.3 p.18.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Louis Fourestier - 1946(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Samson - José Luccioni

Dalila - Hélène Bouvier

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Paul Cabanel

Abimélech - Charles Cambon

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Henri Médus

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Black Disc; - Pathé PDT 116-130 {15x78s} (red label) (1947)ª; Pathé PDT 8000-8014 (red label) {15x78s;AC} (1947)ª; Pathé PCX 5007-5009 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia MOP 28 (72689 - 72703) {15x78s} (USA); Columbia SL7 {3LPS} (USA) ;; Vox PL 8323 {3LPS} (1954)ª; EMI 2C 153-10617-19 {3LPS} (France)

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65236-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.11063-4 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1951 p.167; September 1995 p.124; December 2000 p.132 [RN]

Opera - January 1996 p.20

Opera Now - November 1995 p.62

Opera News - May 1996 p.26

Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.56

Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.2 Spring 2002 pp.287-288 [GJ]

Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.59

Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.120

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.168

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1954 Vol.4 No.1 p.57 [JH]: December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.99 [RD]

American Record Guide - February 1960 Vol.26 No.6 p.452 [PLM]: January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.266 [DA]

Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.65: No.144 mars 2001 p.90 [JB]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.100

Classic CD - November 2000 p.66 [ST]

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]

The Record Collector - Vol.2 April 1947 p.46

ARSC Journal - 1980 Vol.XII No.1-2 p.103 [PLM]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - diciembre 2000 No.138 p.41 [JS]

Musica (Milano) - N.122 dicembre 2000 - gennaio 2001 p.98 [MA]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.90 [MC]

Comments:- Recorded between 17 and 27 September 1946. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Eugène Bigot - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Samson - José Luccioni

Dalila - Susanne Lefort

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Pierre Nougaro

Abimélech - Ernest Mestrallet

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Gustave Dutoit

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Compact Disc; - Malibran Music MR 502 {1CDR} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [SL]

Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 p.64 [JP]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]

Comments:- *Recording of an (abridged?) performance at Geneva (21 April 1948). The CDR issued by Malibran Music is listed in their online catalogue:-

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in German

Conductor Hans Altman - 1948(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Samson - Lorenz Fehenberger

Dalila - Res Fischer

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Fred Destal

Abimélech - Max Eibel

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Max Proebstl

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0040 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 8 October 1948.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Robert Merrill

Abimélech - Osie Hawkins

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Dezsö Ernster

Le messager philistin - Emery Darcy

Premier philistin - Leslie Chabay

Deuxième philistin - Clifford Harvuot

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 657 (& 420); The Opera Lovers SAMD 194901 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 November 1949). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.459-461. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sigurd Björling

Abimélech - Norman Scott

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Luben Vichey

Le messager philistin - Emery Darcy

Premier philistin - Paul Franke

Deuxième philistin - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1541

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 March 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1954(SE)

Orchestra - NBC Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Samson - Jan Peerce

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Robert Merrill

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1848 {1LP}; HMV ALP 1308 {1LP} (1955)ª; Leopold Stokowski Society LS 15 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 124-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Cala Records CACD 0540 (+Licia Albanese - Tatiana's Letter Scene) {1CD} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - RCA Victor DC-35

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1956 pp.321-322 [PHW]; February 1991 p.1574; July 2005 p.100 [JBS]

American Record Guide - February 1955 Vol.21 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.110 [DR2]: July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.174-175 [MM]

High Fidelity Magazine - April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.60, p.62 [JH]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.14

Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.152

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 p.97 [TP]

Comments:- The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Rieger - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Ebe Stignani

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Antonio Manca-Serra

Abimélech - Giovanni Amodeo

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Iginio Riccò

Le messager philistin - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni HOCO 31 (+Aida - excerpts - Vinay) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0184 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.88-89 [LB]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (February or March 1955). See «ll Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.671. The sound of the recording is very poor.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French & Swedish

Conductor Herbert Sandberg - 1956(LE)

Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera

Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera

Samson - Set Svanholm

Dalila - Blanche Thebom

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sigurd Björling

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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22054 (+Les Troyens - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.57 [GH]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.102 [JTH]

The Record Collector - Vol.50 No,1 March 2005 pp.47-49 [MS]

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (September 1956).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Louis de Froment - 1957(Act 2;RE)

Orchestra - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique

Samson - René Verdière

Dalila - Solange Michel

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Charles Cambon

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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 202 - Opera in Paris (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance of Act 2 (28 February 1957)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Blanche Thebom

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Giuseppe Taddei

Abimélech - Fernando Corena

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Giuseppe Modesti

Le messager philistin - Alvaro Bandini

Premier philistin - Carlos Giusti

Deuxième philistin - Guerrino Boschetti

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 449 (+Vinay - recital) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (1 August 1958, seeOPERA October 1958 p.655). It is sometimes incorrectly stated that this perfor-mance took place in Mexico City

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Mario Del Monaco

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Martial Singher

Abimélech - Norman Scott

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Giorgio Tozzi

Le messager philistin - Robert Nagy

Premier philistin - Gabor Carelli

Deuxième philistin - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - CLS MD-TP 012/14 {3LPS} (Italy)

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 220 (& 222); Myto MCD 00148 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 April 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.339-340; ICRC Winter edition 1998 No.15 p.5 (letter). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1958(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Mario Del Monaco

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Clifford Harvuot

Abimélech - Ezio Flagello

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 2309 {1LP) (USA) (1959)ª; RCA Victor LSC 2309 {1LP} (USA) (1959)ª; *RCA «Red Seal» RB 16160 {1LP} (UK) (1959)ª; RCA «Red Seal» SB 2052 {1LP} (UK) (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1130-1 {1CD} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1959 p.89 [HCS]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; February 1960 p.427 [PHW]

Opera - November 1959 p.751

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.79 [RE]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1959 p.8

Records and Recordings - September 1959 p.14 [FGB]: January 1960 p.17 [FGB]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French and Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Samson - Mario Del Monaco

Dalila - Jean Madeira

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Lino Puglisi

Abimélech - Plinio Clabassi

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Iginio Riccò

Le messager philistin - Attilio Flauto

Premier philistin - Athos Cesarini

Deuxième philistin - Enzo Felicitati

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 030 {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6006 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.6 No.1 p.333 [ADC]

Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.132 settembre 1999 p.94 [GL]

Comments:- *It has been claimed that the recording on the Melodram LPs is in fact (i) a recording of a performance in 1960 at the Paris Opera conducted by Louis Fourestier with Denise Scharley as Dalila (ii) a recording in the Teatro di San Carlo in 1970 with Vioric (sic) Cortez as Dalila (See FANFARE March/April 1983 Vol.6 No.4 p.26, IOC Spring 1998 No.7 pp.30-37, Summer 1998 No.8 p.7, Autumn 1998 No.9 p.7). A performance at the Paris Opera conducted by Fourestier is reviewed in OPERA November 1960 p.763 and a performance in Naples in 1970 with Viorica Cortez is reviewed in OPERA May 1971 p.434. The Hardy CDs are advertized in ORPHEUS Juli 1999 S.17 where the date of the performance is given as 5 May 1959. According to the review of the Hardy Classic CDs in L'OPERA Del Monaco and Madeira sing in French and the rest of the cast in Italian. In «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia» p.706 Del Monaco and Madeira are listed as singing in three performances, the first of which was on 5 April 1959. JTH states in his review in CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR that the performance on the CDs issued by Hardy Classic is «audibly different from Melodram's».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Joseph Mordino

Abimélech - Arthur Cosenza

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Ara Berberian

Le messager philistin - Tony Lopez

Premier philistin - Thomas Carter

Deuxième philistin - Joseph Knight

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Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1055-2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 758-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 18 1995 p.37

Orpheus - April 1995 S.62

Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.1 Autumn 1995 p.177

American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.162

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in New Orleans (2 April 1960). The review in OPERA NEWS wrongly states that the performance was at the St Louis Opera. The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera» dated February/March 2003.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Chorale René Duclos

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Rita Gorr

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc

Abimélech - Anton Diakov

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Anton Diakov

Le messager philistin - Rémy Corazza

Premier philistin - Jacques Pottier

Deuxième philistin - Jean-Pierre Hurteau

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 117-119 {3LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 117-119 {3LPS} (1963)ª; *EMI 2C 167-12837-9 (France) Angel 3639 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª;; Angel S 3639 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47895-8 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67598-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3639 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.285; July 1988 p. [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 pp.191-192 [JM]

Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.57-S.58 [GH]

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1964 Vol.14 No.1 p.66 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

American Record Guide - February 1964 Vol.30 No.6 p.497 [MDS]: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.160 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Biserka Cvejic

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Angelo Mattiello

Abimélech - Carlos Feller

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Victor De Narké

Le messager philistin - Per Drewsen

Premier philistin - Nino Falzetti

Deuxième philistin - Héctor Barbieri

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SAMD 196301 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (3 July 1969). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Samson - James McCracken

Dalila - Sandra Warfield

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Julien Haas

Abimélech - Joshua Hecht

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Peter van der Bilt

Le messager philistin - Raymond Manton

Premier philistin - Richard Riffel

Deuxième philistin - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1837-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. The cast listed above is that given in the «San Francisco Opera Performance Archive»:-

http://archive.sfopera.com

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jean Fournet - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Oralia Domínguez

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc

Abimélech - Henk Driessen

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Peter van der Bilt

Le messager philistin - Fred Bongers

Premier philistin - Bert van't Hof

Deuxième philistin - Aad de Rijk

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100574 (+excerpts cond. Baudo) {2CDS} (2000)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro «Grand tier» OPD 7028 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9802 (French Opera Masterworks) {14CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.284-285 [JK]

Orpheus - Februar 2001 S.55 [GH]: März + April 2007 S.57 [GH]

American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.270 [CHP]

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (29 February 1964)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Jess Thomas

Dalila - Irene Dalis

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier

Abimélech - Justino Díaz

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Robert Nagy

Premier philistin - Gabor Carelli

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD 196401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 December 1964). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Giulietta Simionato

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Norman Mittelman

Abimélech - Justino Díaz

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Robert Nagy

Premier philistin - Gabor Carelli

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SAMD 196501 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Detroit (28 May 1965).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jean Fournet - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Grace Bumbry

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sesto Bruscantini

Abimélech - Morley Meredith

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Raymond Michalski

Le messager philistin - Herbert Kraus

Premier philistin - Stefan Wicik

Deuxième philistin - Bernard Izzo

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2652 (& 1339)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (13 November 1965). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Samson - Richard Cassilly

Dalila - Shirley Verrett

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Robert Massard

Abimélech - Giovanni Foiani

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Leonardo Monreale

Le messager philistin - Piero De Palma

Premier philistin - Gianfranco Manganotti

Deuxième philistin - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 217 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02280

Compact Disc; - Foyer 2-CF-2031; Arkadia MP 495.2; Opera d'Oro OPD 1175 {2CDS} (1998)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60

Diapason - No.425 avril 1996 p.120

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.131

Classical Express - September 1995 p.4

Le Monde de la Musique - No.191 septembre 1995 p.85

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.67

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (25 January 1970). See OPERA, March 1970 p.252. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Serge Baudo - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Richard Tucker

Dalila - Grace Bumbry

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier

Abimélech - Paul Plishka

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Nico Castel

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD 197101 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *An «in-house» recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1971). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Samson - Richard Tucker

Dalila - Mignon Dunn

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Seymour Schwartzman

Abimélech - Irwin Densen

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Nicola Moscona

Le messager philistin - Paul Franke

Premier philistin - Paul Franke

Deuxième philistin - Walter Knetlar

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 370

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (April 1971). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in Addenda No. I to his CD catalogue dated 2002 where the year of the performance recorded is given as 1970.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Samson - James King

Dalila - Regina Sarfaty

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean C. Gebelin

Abimélech - Levon Boghossian

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Victor De Narké

Le messager philistin - Menasse Hadjes

Premier philistin - Per Drewsen

Deuxième philistin - Ricardo Yost

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10372-2 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (1 June 1971). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Serge Baudo - 1972(LI;McCracken))

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - James McCracken

Dalila - Grace Bumbry

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier

Abimélech - Paul Plishka

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Robert Schmorr

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD 197201 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1972). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Serge Baudo - 1972(LI;Vickers)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Grace Bumbry

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier

Abimélech - Paul Plishka

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Nico Castel

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SAMD 197202 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (1 January 1972). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1972(RA)

Orchestra - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien

Chorus - Radiochor Wien

Samson - Ludovic Spiess

Dalila - Christa Ludwig

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Kostas Paskalis

Abimélech - Tugomir Franc

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Helge von Bömches

Le messager philistin - Ewald Aichberger

Premier philistin - Wolfgang Witte

Deuxième philistin - Jaroslav Stajnc

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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1662

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance (15 May 1972). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 24 June 1973. See Radio Times Issue dated 23-29 June 1973 p.29.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - Rumanian Radio-Television

Chorus - Rumanian Radio-Television

Samson - Ludovic Spiess

Dalila - Elena Cernei

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Dan Jordachescu

Abimélech - Constantin Dumitri

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Nicolae Florei

Le messager philistin - Vasile Moldoveanu

Premier philistin - Constantin Dumitri

Deuxième philistin - Alexandru Tassian

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Black Disc - Electrecord ST-ECEO 428-30 {3LPS}; Select CC 15063 {3LPS} (Canada)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1973 p.1256 [RO]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Samson - Guy Chauvet

Dalila - Tatiana Troyanos

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Henri Peyrotte

Abimélech - Michel Bouvier

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Anton Diakov

Le messager philistin - Robert Cardona

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1622-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (November 1973; see OPERA July 1973 p.615). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases» where the opera recorded is described as Samson et Dalila (Handel)!

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1973(STU)

Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Samson - James King

Dalila - Christa Ludwig

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Bernd Weikl

Abimélech - Alexander Malta

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Richard Kogel

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Black Disc - RCA LRL 3-5017

Compact Disc - RCA 74321 32244-2

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1974 p.111 [RO]; October 1974 p.660 [JBS]

BBC Music Magazine - July 1996 p.75

Répertoire - No.89 mars 1996 p.85

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.67

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Samson - Gilbert Py

Dalila - Fiorenza Cossotto

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Silvano Carroli

Abimélech - Ivo Vinco

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Giancarlo Luccardi

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2621

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (28 July 1974; see OPERA Festival Issue 1974 pp.102-103.). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Samson - Guy Chauvet

Dalila - Fiorenza Cossotto

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Robert Massard

Abimélech - Joseph Rouleau

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Jules Bastin

Le messager philistin - Duilio Baronti

Premier philistin - Jean Sabignot

Deuxième philistin - Alain Dileur

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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107222 (+Carmen - excerpts) {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.53-54 (mention) [GH]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier (October 1975; see OPERA January 1976 p.58)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Guy Chauvet

Dalila - Fiorenza Cossotto

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - William Walker

Abimélech - Justino Díaz

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Malcolm Smith

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Nico Castel

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 41677 (BRO 124187) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1977). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre de Paris

Chorus - Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Elena Obraztsova

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Renato Bruson

Abimélech - Pierre Thau

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Robert Lloyd

Le messager philistin - Gérard Friedman

Premier philistin - Constantin Zaharia

Deuxième philistin - Michel Hubert

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Black Disc; - DG 2709 095 {3LPS} (1979)ª;; DG 413 297-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette; - DG 3371 050 (1979)ª;; DG 413 297-4 (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - DG 413 297-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; DG 477 5602 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1979 p.710 [AB] September 1984 p. [JBS]; November 1991 p.161 [AB]

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.452

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.188-189 [MM]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Shirley Verrett

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jonathan Summers

Abimélech - John Tomlinson

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Gwynne Howell

Le messager philistin - John Dobson

Premier philistin - Maldwyn Davies

Deuxième philistin - Matthew Best

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-82-014 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 50-51011-2283-2-2 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation; TVH 90 2202 2 (BETA TXH 90 2202 4) (PAL) (1984)ª; Castle CVI 2026 (PAL); Home Vision SAM 01 (+BETA) (NTSC)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p.1395 [RM]

Opera News - August 1986 p.30, p.50 [RH]

Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.118 (DVD) [MP]

The Classical Video Guide - p.93

Opéra Magazine - No.7 mai 2006 p.80 [PC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.83 [FGR]

Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (6 October 1981)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Michel Plasson - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Samson - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Dalila - Yvonne Minton

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Tom Krause

Abimélech - Dimitri Kavrakos

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Harry Dworchak

Le messager philistin - Gregory Kunde

Premier philistin - Gualtiero Negrini

Deuxième philistin - Duane Clenton Carter

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD198101 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (25 September 1981). The cast listed above is that given in «Bravi - Lyric Opera of Chicago» by Skrebneski. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1981

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Shirley Verrett

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Wolfgang Brendel

Abimélech - Arnold Voketatis

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Kevin Langan

Le messager philistin - Robert Tate

Premier philistin - Michael Ballam

Deuxième philistin - Stanley Wexler

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Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCC 00051 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100 202 (Europe) (2001)ª; Kultur 10 (USA) (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision SAM 02 (NTSC); Virgin VVD 39 (PAL) Polygram Vidéo 070 063-3 (SECAM)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 2001 p.113 [AB]

Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.91

Orpheus - Februar 2002 S.64 [MK]

Opéra International - January 1993 p.54; No.266 mars 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.490 mars 2002 p.117 (mention)

American Record Guide - September/October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 pp.316-317 [RVL]

Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.100: No.155 mars 2002 p.38 [PB]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago de Chile

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile

Samson - Gilbert Py

Dalila - Ann Howard

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc

Abimélech - Mario Solomonoff

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Mariano de la Maza

Le messager philistin - Juan José Acosta

Premier philistin - Juan Gaete

Deuxième philistin - Carlos Miranda

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DVD (Video) - Live Opera Heaven 866

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2748 (NTSC) (2003)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile (October 1984; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1984 No.76 p.50). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases». I thank Sr. Hernan Torres Moris for information concerning the cast, orchestra and chorus.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Agnes Baltsa

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jonathan Summers

Abimélech - Roderick Earle

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Matthew Best

Le messager philistin - Paul Crook

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 543 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (May 1985). It does not appear that a performance was broadcast, so this recording was probably made «in-house». The performance on 17 May 1985 is reviewed in OPERA July 1985 pp.830-831 and in ORPHEUS August 1985 S.629. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Nice

Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Waltraud Meier

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc

Abimélech - Jacques Mars

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Victor von Halem

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 548 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the «Acropolis» Nice (9 June 1985; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet/aoüt 1985 No.83 p.37). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jean Fournet - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Marilyn Horne

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Louis Quilico

Abimélech - Terry Cook

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Mark Baker

Deuxième philistin - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SAMD 198701 {2CDRS} (Canada) ; Celestial Audio CA 647 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª; Celestial Audio CV 039 {Audio DVD} (Australia) (2007)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (18 April 1987). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs and Audio DVD-R issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed on their website as «WHAT'S NEW; July 2007» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Sylvain Cambreling - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Chor der Volksoper Wien - Kammerchor Sofia - Bregenzer Festspielchor

Samson - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Dalila - Marjana Lipovsek

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Alain Fondary

Abimélech - Yves Bisson

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Harald Stamm

Le messager philistin - Constantin Zaharia

Premier philistin - Jerôme Engramer

Deuxième philistin - Ionel Pantea

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Compact Disc; - Koch Schwann 3-1774. 2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; ORF 20000354 {2CDS}

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6160 (2007)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1996 p.114 (audio)

Opera News - November 1998 p.66 (audio) [PJS]

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.314 (audio) [JM]

Orpheus - November 1995 S.37 (audio)

Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.59 (audio)

Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.144 (audio)

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.131

Classic CD - February 1996 p.66 (audio)

BBC Music Magazine - April 1996 p.75 (audio)

Répertoire - No.87 janvier 1996 p.57 (audio)

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.94 Febbraio 1996 p.70 (audio)

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.86 marzo 1996 p.53 (audio)

Opernwelt - 12/Dezember 1995 S.58 (audio)

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Bregenz Festival (July 1988, see OPERA Festival Issue 1988 p.49). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Agnes Baltsa

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Alain Fondary

Abimélech - Ismael Pons(-Tena)

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Alfonso Echeverria

Le messager philistin - Antonio (Antoni) Comas

Premier philistin - Antoni Lluch

Deuxième philistin - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 544 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (4 July 1989). The cast listed above is that given in «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.532. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1989(STU)

Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Samson - José Carreras

Dalila - Agnes Baltsa

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jonathan Summers

Abimélech - Simon Estes

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Paata Burchuladze

Le messager philistin - Robert Swensen

Premier philistin - Donald George Smith

Deuxième philistin - Urban Malmberg

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Compact Cassette; - Philips 426 243-4 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 426 243-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Philips 475 8706 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1991 p. [AB]

Stereophile - March 1992 (Vol.15 No.3) p.183

American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.151-152 [MM]

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1990 & 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Agnes Baltsa

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Alain Fondary

Abimélech - Claudio Otelli

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Kurt Rydl

Le messager philistin - Hakan Aysev

Premier philistin - José Antonio Campo

Deuxième philistin - John Antoniou

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2163 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 545 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 546 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recordings of two performances at the Vienna State Opera (22 December 1990 - CDBB 545 and January 1991 - CDBB 546). Domingo and Baltsa sang in five performances of this opera in Vienna between 22 December 1990 and 9 January 1991. Kurt Rydl sung the old Hebrew in all of these except that on 3 January 1991 when Goran Simic sang. It is possible that he appears in the recording issued by House of Opera - CDBB 546 (see Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «New Listings - January/February 1991». where it is stated that the recording is of the performance on 22 December 1990.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Myung-Whun Chung - 1991(STU)

Orchestra - Opéra-Bastille

Chorus - Opéra Bastille

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Waltraud Meier

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Alain Fondary

Abimélech - Jean-Philippe Courtis

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Samuel Ramey

Le messager philistin - Christian Papis

Premier philistin - Daniel Galvez-Vallejo

Deuxième philistin - François Harismendy

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Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 54470-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; EMI TOCE 11584-85 {2CDS} (Japan); EMI 5 09185 {2CDS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1993 p.76 [AB]; July 1993 p.28 [JBS]

Opera - April 1993 p.489

Opera Now - May 1993 p.61

Opera News - September 1993 p.52

Fanfare - July-August 1993 p.222; Vol.32 No.1 September/October 2008 p.257 [BB]

Orpheus - Januar 1993 S.67

Opéra International - janvier 1993 p.61

Diapason - décembre 1992 p.171

BBC Music Magazine - February 1993 p.80

Classic CD - February 1993 p.74

Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.106

Stereophile - August 1993 p.191

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Imre Pallo - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Vlaamse Opera

Chorus - Vlaamse Opera

Samson - Vladimir Popov

Dalila - Florence Quivar

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in Gent (November 1993). The cast also includes: Gregory MacLeod, Vesselin Ivanov, Herman Bekaert, Christian Serré, Henk Van Heijnsbergen. The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice

Chorus - Coro Lirico Marchigiano

Samson - José Carreras

Dalila - Luciana D' Intino

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Wolfgang Brendel

Abimélech - Riccardo Ferrari

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Franco De Grandis

Le messager philistin - Carlo Bosi

Premier philistin - Pierre Lefèbre

Deuxième philistin - Marco Pauluzzo

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4582 (1998)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2177 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Arena Sferisterio, Macerata (15 or 22 July 1995; see OPÉRA INTENATIONAL octobre 1995 No.195 pp.30-31). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - May 1998».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Bellini di Catania

Samson - Heikki Siukola

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Silvano Carroli

Abimélech - Carlo De Bortoli

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Carlo Striuli

Le messager philistin - Aldo Orsolini

Premier philistin - Antonio Marceno

Deuxième philistin - Andrea Piccinni

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4676 (1998)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Bellini, Catania (13 March 1996). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '96 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.37. The Compact Cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - Summer 1998».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor James Levine - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sergei Leiferkus

Abimélech - Richard Paul Fink

Le Vieillard Hébreu - René Pape

Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony

Premier philistin - Bernard Fitch

Deuxième philistin - Alfred Walker

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DVD (Video) - DG 00440 073 0599 (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 2005 p.78 [WRB]

Opéra International - No.294 octobre 2004 p.89 [PC]

Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 p.111 [MP]

Classica Répertoire - No.67 novembre 2004 p.126 [PF]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the MET (29 September 1998).

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Leonard Slatkin - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Denyce Graves

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sergei Leiferkus

Abimélech - Alan Held

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Franz Hawlata

Le messager philistin - Matthew Polenzani

Premier philistin - Bernard Fitch

Deuxième philistin - Yanni Yannissis

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 182 {2CDRS} (Australia)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET. This is probably of the performance on 28 February 1998 which was broadcast.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1998(STU)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - London Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Samson - José Cura

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Abimélech - Egil Silins

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Robert Lloyd

Le messager philistin - Rémy Garin

Premier philistin - Gilles Ragon

Deuxième philistin - Olivier Lallouette

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Compact Disc; - ERATO 3984-24756-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; ERATO WCPS 100O4-5 {2CDS} (Japan) (1998)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1999 p.89 [AB]; April 1999 p.44 [JBS]

Opera - February 1999 p.235 [JA]

Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.99 [GH]

Opera News - February 1999 p.65 [JSL]

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.324 [JM]

Orpheus - März 1999 S.5 [EP]

Opera Quarterly - Volume 16 No.1 Winter 2000 p.141 [GJ]

Opéra International - décembre 1998 No.230 p.56 [SS]

Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.93 [AT]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.86 [DVM]

Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]

Classic CD - February 1999 p.106 [MT]

American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.205 [DA]

International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.91 [RN]

Répertoire - No.119 décembre 1998 p.69 [LC]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.227 décembre 1998 p.111 [FL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.76 [NS]

Grand Opera (Tokyo) - 1999 Winter No.20 p.166

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.96 [LB]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.121 mayo 1999 p.70 [JS]

Musica (Milano) - N.112 Anno 23 giugno-luglio 1999 p.83 [SH]

Das Opernglas - Januar 1999 S.63 [ML]

Comments:- See OPERA NOW January/February 1999 p.98

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Luis Antonio García-Navarro - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Chorus - Teatro Real, Madrid

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Carolyn Sebron

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Alain Fondary

Abimélech - Jean-Philippe Courtis

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Stefano Palatchi

Le messager philistin - Santiago Sánchez-Jericó

Premier philistin - Angel Rodríguez

Deuxième philistin - Francisco Santiago

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6680 (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Real, Madrid (June or July 1999). The cast listed above is that given in the online performance archive of the Teatro Real (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases - January 2009.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Samson - Kristjan Johannsson

Dalila - Nadja Michael

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Carlo Guelfi

Abimélech - Philippe Kahn

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Daniel Lewis Williams

Le messager philistin - Giovanni Maini

Premier philistin - Matteo Lee Yeong Hwa

Deuxième philistin - Francesco Medda

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 22253 {2CDS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 pp.90-91 [AG]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the PalaFenice (July 1999)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Gary Bertini - 2002(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Samson - Plácido Domingo

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Abimélech - Ildar Abdrazakov

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Le messager philistin - Rosario La Spina

Premier philistin - Alfredo Nigro

Deuxième philistin - Dejan Vatchkov

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1184-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2263 (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan (17 February 2002). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2002 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.149. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004» and the DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See L'OPERA (Milano) Anno XVI No.159 marzo 2002 pp.22-23.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Bertrand De Billy - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - José Cura

Dalila - Denyce Graves

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Abimélech - James Courtney

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Robert Lloyd

Le messager philistin - Tony Stevenson

Premier philistin - Bernard Fitch

Deuxième philistin - Richard Hobson

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 486 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 2005). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Emmanuel Villaume - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Clifton Forbis

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Abimélech - James Courtney

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Kwangchui Youn

Le messager philistin - Eduardo Valdes

Premier philistin - Bernard Fitch

Deuxième philistin - Brian Davis

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDNY 192 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *This recording is probably of the performance at the MET on 25 February 2006 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on April 9 2008.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor David Levi - 2007(FI)

Orchestra - Aukso Orchestra Poland

Chorus - Camerata Silesia Chorus

Samson - Charles Alves da Cruz

Dalila - Klara Uleman

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Peter Michailov

Le messager philistin - Charlotte Besijn

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DVD (Video) - Opera Spanga FFDOC 29 (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Video recording of a film. The cast also includes Murad Amirkhanian, Vincent Le Texier.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Karen Keltner - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - San Diego Opera

Samson - Clifton Forbis

Dalila - Denyce Graves

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Greer Grimsley

Abimélech - Philip Skinner

Le Vieillard Hébreu - José Gallisa

Le messager philistin - Joseph Hu

Premier philistin - Bryan Register

Deuxième philistin - Scott Sikon

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2793-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the San Diego Opera (February 2007). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Kazushi Ono - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

Chorus - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

Samson - Carl Tanner

Dalila - Olga Borodina

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Abimélech - Federico Sacchi

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Chester Patton

Le messager philistin - Tie-Min Wang

Premier philistin - André Grégoire

Deuxième philistin - Bernard Giovani

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 955 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles (March 2007). The cast and conductor listed above are as given on the website of La Monnaie (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue «WHAT'S NEW December 2009».

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Tomás Netopil - 2009(LI)

Orchestra - Vlaamse Opera

Chorus - Vlaamse Opera

Samson - Torsten Kerl

Dalila - Mariana Tarasova

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Nikola Mijailovic

Abimélech - Milcho Borovinov

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Tijl Faveyts

Premier philistin - Thorsten Büttner

Deuxième philistin - Onno Pels

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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- *This recording appears to be of a performance in Gent on 24 May 2009. The CDRs issued by premiereopera.net are (were?) listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the recording is attributed to a performance in Amsterdam. See also the website

http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/musiktheater20082009/ANT-samson-et-dalila.html

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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