Samson och Delila by Saint-Saëns, lör 29 okt 2022, Från (2022/2023), Regisserad av Robert Bošković,, Dirigent Filip Pavišić, HNK Osijek, Osijek, Kroatien

From the earliest days known to the world as a musical miracle since childhood, the French composer, pianist and organist Saint-Saëns gave the musical treasury a fantasy for the Carnival of Animals Orchestra , the Third Symphony , as well as his most famous and successful opera full of romantic zeal: Samson and Delilah . a musical biblical story from the Book of Judges.It will be the second Osijek performance after 1926, when the opera was directed and conducted by maestro Lav Mirski. The opera in three acts, which Dalila (mezzo-soprano) and Samson (tenor) powerfully carry on their shoulders and vocal cords, will be conducted by maestro Filip Pavišić, while the director is already well known and appreciated by Robert Bošković. This opera, surprisingly performed only once in Osijek, premiered in Weimar, Germany in 1877, carries fundamental humanistic values, as well as the spirit of romanticism imbued with classicist elements and in an impressively powerful way tells the well-known story of the benevolent strength of a man who protects his people and the cunning beauty of a woman who wants to harm him. Originally conceived as an oratorio, Samson and Delilah , with the insight of the composer, grew into the pearl of the opera genre.