MET: Samson et Dalila
Live Met Opera screening of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila with Aigul Akhmetshina and Clay Hilley
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns | Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti Production Darko Tresnjak Dalila Aigul Akhmetshina Set Designer Alexander Dodge Samson Clay Hilley* Costume Designer Linda Cho High Priest of Dagon Quinn Kelsey Lighting Designer Donald Holder Abimélech Alfred Walker Choreographer Austin McCormick Old Hebrew Morris Robinson C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director Tilman Michael Macbeth
New Production
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide.