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Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden , Berlin
6 - 13 Sep, 2026 (3 events)
Cast:
Roberto Alagna
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Alexander Soddy
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Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera , New York
27 Nov - 23 Dec, 2026 (7 events)
Composer:
Camille Saint-Saëns
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina
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Morris Robinson
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About
Ferdinand Lemaire (1832–1879) was a French librettist and poet, best known for writing the libretto of Camille Saint-Saëns's opera Samson et Dalila.
Lemaire was a creole, originally from Martinique, and had married a cousin of Saint-Saëns's wife. Saint-Saëns had previously set two of his poems, “Souvenance” and “Tristesse”, for voice and piano.[2] Approached by the composer to write an oratorio on the story of Samson and Delilah, Lemaire agreed, but only if the work was to be an opera.
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