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Samson et Dalila à l’Opéra Bastille : une transposition moderne et brutale controversée

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Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 4 October 2016
Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila
Philippe Jordan, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Samson
Anita Rachvelishvili, Dalila
Egils Siliņš, High Priest of Dagon
Nicolas Testé, Abimélech
Frédéric Guieu, The Old Hebrew
Luca Sannai, First Philistine
Jian-Hong Zhao, Second Philistine
John Bernard, Philistine Messenger
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