NCPA's Production of Saint-Saens' Opera Samson et Dalila

Published on Aug 10, 2015

NCPA's Production of Saint-Saens' Opera Samson et Dalila

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: September 9-13, 2015

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices(Sep 9, 11, 13): 100, 280, 380, 560, 680, 800, 1000

Prices(Sep 10, 12): 100, 280, 380, 550, 600, 680, 880


Features: Samson et Dalila, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saens. From September 9th- 13rd, NCPA's Production of Opera Samson et Dalila will stage in Opera House of NCPA in Beijing.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Samson and Delilah (French: Samson et Dalila), is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saens to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. The opera is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It is the only opera by Saint-Saens that is regularly performed. The second act love scene in Delilah's tent is one of the set pieces that define French opera. From September 9th to September 13rd, the NCPA's Production of Opera Samson et Dalila will stage in Opera House of NCPA in Beijing China.


Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce
Director/Set Design/Costume Design: Hugo De Ana
Lighting Design: Vinicio Cheli
Projection Design: Sergio Metalli
Choreography: Adela Angela Loiodice
Orchestra: China NCPA Orchestra
Chorus: NCPA Chorus


Cast
Samson by Jose Cura /Mario Zhang
Dalila by Nadia Krasteva /Oksana Volkova
High Priest of Dagon by Egils Silins/Zhang Feng
Abimelech by Wang Meng
Old Hebrew by Wu Wei
A Philistine Messenger by Liu Yang
First Philistine by Cao Ruidong
Second Philistine by Wu Tao


Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce
Jean-Yves Ossonce began his career in 1991 in Great Britain where he was regularly invited to conduct BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He further conducted in major British opera companies such as Opera North (L'Etoile, La Bohème directed by Phyllida Lloyd), Welsh National Opera (Beatrice et Bénédicte), English National Opera (Maria Stuarda) and the Edinburgh Festival (Briséis by Chabrier and Pénélope by Fauré).


During the same period, he was regularly invited to conduct in France: Fledermaus, Mireille, Manon (with L.Vaduva), Mignon (with B. Uria-Monzon), Carmen with l'Opéra d'Avignon, Mignon, Manon and Tosca with l'Opéra de Metz, Macbeth with l'Opéra de Nancy, Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Madame Butterfly with l'Opéra de Caen, La Vie Parisienne with l'Opéra de Lyon, Un Ballo in Maschera, Les Noces de Figaro and Briséis with l'Opéra de Rennes, Ballo in Maschera, La Traviata, Cosi fan Tutte, and Susannah (Floyd) with l'Opéra de Nantes, Tosca, La Traviata, Faust, Roméo, Cenerentola, Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Pasquale(with G.Bacquier), Norma, Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, La Rondine, Pelléas, Mahagonny and Macbeth with l'Opéra de Tours.


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