Saint-Saëns's grand opera Samson et Dalila returns in the Metropolitan Opera's large-scale production, broadcast live to cinemas. It tells the story of the biblical hero of legendary strength and the Philistine woman whose beauty proves his undoing.
The production features a full orchestra and chorus and some of the genre's most memorable melodies. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts the cast, led by mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, in a performance that is as striking to watch as it is to hear.
