Softly awakes my cold, cold heart: Samson et Dalila

Elīna Garanča (Dalila) and Roberto Alagna (Samson)

Samson et Dalila

Elīna Garanča (Dalila) and Roberto Alagna (Samson)

Carlos Álvarez (High Priest of Dagon) and Sorin Coliban (Abimélech)

Por Mark Pullinger, 13 mayo 2018

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“explosive fireballs... a striking effect, but too late to ignite Liedtke's tame production”

Crítica hecha desde Wiener Staatsoper, Viena el 12 mayo 2018

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila

Wiener Staatsoper

Marco Armiliato, Dirección

Alexandra Liedtke, Dirección de escena

Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Diseño de escena

Su Bühler, Diseño de vestuario

Elīna Garanča, Dalila

Roberto Alagna, Samson

Sorin Coliban, Abimélech

Carlos Álvarez, High Priest of Dagon

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Softly awakes my cold, cold heart: a tepid Samson et Dalila in Vienna