That is beautiful, deborah, thanks for posting it. I have never listened to Samson and Delilah before even though I am a fan of Camille Saint-Saëns. Ms. Garanca does a great job with the pacing of that one.
Glad you like it. I prefer Callas' quicker pace, but she leaves of the all-important 'Samson...Samson...je t'aime!' at the end.
"In the opera, Delilah is responding to Samson's words "Dalila! Dalila! Je t'aime!" (Delilah! Delilah! I love you!) which he repeats between the first and second verses of her aria; these interjections are omitted in recital performances or sometimes sung to the changed words "Samson! Samson! Je t'aime!"; Samson's part in the final 22 bars of the stage aria where he joins Delilah in a duet is also omitted in a recital, although some performers, notably Marilyn Horne and Jessye Norman, have sung Samson's final words – changed as above, rising to a high B-flat. A performance takes between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 minutes." -wiki
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That is beautiful, deborah, thanks for posting it. I have never listened to Samson and Delilah before even though I am a fan of Camille Saint-Saëns. Ms. Garanca does a great job with the pacing of that one.
Glad you like it. I prefer Callas' quicker pace, but she leaves of the all-important 'Samson...Samson...je t'aime!' at the end.
"In the opera, Delilah is responding to Samson's words "Dalila! Dalila! Je t'aime!" (Delilah! Delilah! I love you!) which he repeats between the first and second verses of her aria; these interjections are omitted in recital performances or sometimes sung to the changed words "Samson! Samson! Je t'aime!"; Samson's part in the final 22 bars of the stage aria where he joins Delilah in a duet is also omitted in a recital, although some performers, notably Marilyn Horne and Jessye Norman, have sung Samson's final words – changed as above, rising to a high B-flat. A performance takes between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 minutes."
-wiki
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