Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila

Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila stars Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the
title roles; the pair was last seen together by HD audiences in the acclaimed 2010 transmission
of Bizet’s Carmen. Laurent Naouri co-stars as the High Priest, with Elchin Azizov as the
Philistine King Abimélech and Dmitry Belosselskiy as the Old Hebrew. Darko Tresnjak,

the Tony Award–winning director of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, makes his Met
debut directing the first new Met production of the opera in 20 years. Sir Mark Elder
conducts.