OPERA AT THE CONCERT HALL

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: SAMSON AND DALILA

TCH - TSSO

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TH 3 - An introduction to the opera
Hours: 18.30 - 19.30 - Venue: "Public" (Hirsch Arcade)

Samson and Dalila is a biblical opera in three acts composed by Camille Saint-Saëns. It has been characterized as a masterpiece of the French opera. The story is based on the famous tale from the Old Testament.

It was presented for the first time on 2^nd December 1877. Saint-Saëns wrote the opera for the French who had been beaten at the war with Prussia in 1870-71. Jews’ humiliation was a reminder of their own humiliation. The vows to his country and the purity that the Jews leader reneged was a message to French people to proceed to social reforms and sanitation of their country, after the corruption and decline during Napoleon III’s era.

The same could happen to any society that forgets its ideals, declines and becomes a stooge of its enemies. The leader must remain faithful to his obligations to the country and not get carried away by his own desires and the enemies’ tempting offers.

ARTISTS

Hadar Halevy Dalila

Maria Katsoura Dalila

Germán Villar Samson

Paolo Cauteruccio Samson

Akis Laloussis Le Grand-Pretre de Dagon

Arkadios Rakopoulos Abimelech, satrape de Gaza

Asterios Tsetsilas Un messager Philistin

Konstantinos Katsaras Un vieilard Hebreu

Panagiotis Maniatis Premier Philistin, Deuxieme Philistin

Michal Znaniecki Director

Athanasios Kolalas Settings

Evangelia Kirkine Costumes

Bogumil Palewicz Lightings

Aline Nari Choreography

Mixed Choir of Thessaloniki

Mary Konstantinidou Choir preparation

Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Alexandre Myrat Conductor

Nikos Zafranas Musical preparation

Jean Christophe Charron Musical preparation

Tickets: 15€ (students), 20€, 30€ 40€, 50€

Program

THESSALONIKI CULTURAL CROSSROADS - MIDDLE EAST

Program with financial support from

OPAP

Sponsor

ALPHA BANK

04 November 2011 to 06 November 2011
Fri|Sun 20:30 (FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL M1)
09 November 2011 to 13 November 2011
Wed|Fri|Sun 20:30 (FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL M1)