Camille Saint-Saëns: SAMSON ET DALILA
The most famous opera by a French composer
- Premiere
- Lenght of Performance
- 130 minutes with one break
- Place of Performance
- Historická budova
The well-known strongman Samson, the leader of the Hebrews, kills the governor in Gaza, thus arousing panic fear throughout the enemy army. The Philistine high priest of the god Dagon uses the hatred of beautiful Dalila towards Samson in a joint fight against the Hebrews. Dalila must find out the secret of the power of the Israeli leader. Stunned by the charms of a beautiful and cunning woman, Samson reveals his secret - his strength lies in his long hair. Dalila cuts seven strands of hair and the invincible Samson is blinded and imprisoned. When he is to kneel in front of the altar of the Philistine god Dagon in the temple, he asks his god Jehovah for his former strength to avenge himself and his people. He breaks up the pillars, and the temple shall bury him and the Philistines.
| Libretto: | Ferdinand Lamaire |
| Directed by | Roman Polák |
| Music production: | Ondrej Olos |
| Scenography: | Adéla Hajduová |
| Costumes: | Peter Čanecký |
| Conductors: | Igor Dohovič, Ondrej Olos |
| Choirmaster: | Lukáš Kozubík |
| Dramaturgy: | Eva Mikulášková |
| Choreography: | Ivana Kučerová |
| Literal translation of the libretto: | Žigmund Péchy |
| Edit translation and subtitles: | Peter Hochel |
| Assistant director: | Zuzana Kundrátová |
| Concertmaster: | Peter Michálik |
| Accompaniments: | Júlia Grejtáková, Jan Novobilský |
| Subtitles: | Anna Kötelesová |
| Inspectors: | Viera Hronská, Magdaléna Kovalčíková |
| Whisperers: | Klaudia Kovalčíková, Magdaléna Kovalčíková |
| Samson: | Titusz Tóbisz, Béla Gippert Turpinszky |
| Dalila: | Myroslava Havryliuk, Viera Kállayová, Alena Kropáčková |
| High Priest of Dagon: | Marek Gurbaľ, Lukasz Motkowicz |
| Abimelech: | Michal Onufer, Mihály Podkopájev |
| Hebrew old man: | Ján Galla, Apostol Milenkov |
| Philistine messenger: | Pavol Spišský, Zdenko Vislocký |
| 1. Philistine: | Anton Baculík, Maksym Kutsenko |
| 2. Philistine: | Štefan Hundža, Martin Kovács |
| Child: | Šimon Peter Hubka, Vladimír Řehák |
| Dance group Atašé: | Lenka Takáčová, Silvia Matisová, Tatiana Nyárhidyová, Darina Kompušová, Lívia Huňadyová, Adela Forrai, Rastislav Kravec, Michal Golas, Samuel Kekeľ, Dominik Béreš |
| Staff: | Peter Peko, Peter Beľuš, Stanislav Borko, Patrik Zimerman, Oliver Olejár |
Performers: Orchestra and Opera Choir of the Košice State Theater
| Dirigent: | Igor Dohovič |
| Samson: | Titusz Tóbisz |
| Dalila: | Myroslava Havryliuk |
| Dagonov veľkňaz: | Marek Gurbaľ |
| Abimelech: | Michal Onufer |
| Hebrejský starec: | Ján Galla |
| Filištínsky posol: | Pavol Spišský |
| 1. Filištínec: | Maksym Kutsenko |
| 2. Filištínec: | Martin Kovács |
Press news
- 14. mája 2019 - O Dalile sníva každá mezzosopranistka
- 7. mája 2019 - S dirigentom Ondrejom Olosom o Samsonovi a Dalile
- 23. apríla 2019 - Divadlo uvedie operu Samson a Dalila
Wrote about performance:
- 4.6.2019 - ta3.com (Štúdio kultúra - 22:23 - 26:54) - Uviedli operu Samson a Dalila
- 30.5.2019 - mojakultura.sk - Standing ovations pre Samsona a Dalilu
- 27.5.2019 - operaslovakia.sk - Bibliou inšpirovaný košický Samson s aktuálnym apelom (recenzia)
- 25.5.2019 - rtvs.sk (Správy RTVS - 46:20 - 48:20) - Samson a Dalila v Košiciach
- 24.5.2019 - topky.sk - Vzrušujúci príbeh Samsona a Dalily sa vracia do košického divadla
- 22.5.2019 - korzar.sme.sk (TASR) - Štátne divadlo Košice uvedie premiéru opery Samson a Dalila
- 22.5.2019 - kosicednes.sk - Štátne divadlo uvádza v premiére operu Samson a Dalila
- 20.5.2019 - mojakultura.sk - Myroslava Havryliuk: O Dalile sníva každá mezzosopranistka
- 14.5.2019 - new.mksr.sk - O Dalile sníva každá mezzosopranistka. Myroslava Havryliuk o pripravovanej premiére v Štátnom divadle Košice
- 9.5.2019 - new.mksr.sk - Orchester musí nájsť správny zvuk S dirigentom Ondrejom Olosom o Samsonovi a Dalile
- 25.4.2019 - mojakultura.sk - Košická opera uvedie Samsona a Dalilu
- 23.4.2019 - new.mksr.sk - Košická opera uvedie Samsona a Dalilu. Najslávnejšia opera Camilla Saint-Saënsa sa vracia po takmer 50 rokoch.
- 22.4.2019 - korzar.sme.sk (Košický Večer) - Tenorista Titustz Tóbisz práve prežíva najkrajšie obdobie svojho života
