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SKU: BA.BA08710-90

Opera in three acts. Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Edited by Andreas Jacob and Fabien Guilloux. Arranged by Karl-Heinz Müller. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08710_90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08710-90).

ISBN 9790006537891. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: French, German. Translation: Pohl, Richard. Text: Ferdinand Lemaire.

Saint-Saens' setting of the biblical story of Samson, a hero equipped with superhuman powers, and his seduction by the Philistine Dalila is considered his magnum opus for the musical stage. It stands alongside Gounod'sFaustand Bizet'sCarmenamong the most popular operas in the French repertoire.

Lust, hate, frailty and religious war are the ingredients of the plot. Among other things, the sensual music includes Dalila's famous ariasMon coeur s'ouvre a ta voixandPrintemps qui commence. The Barenreiter vocal score, newly engraved with a clear presentation, contains Richard Pohl's authentic singable translation of the libretto used at the Weimar premiere in 1877.