Saint Saens, C. | Samson Und Dalila | CD

Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. He was born in Paris on 9 October 1835 and died in Algiers, Algeria, on 16 December 1921.

This two-disc set is an opera recording of Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila, performed by the Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Paris and Choeur National de l'Opéra de Paris under Louis Fourestier. José Luccioni sings Samson and Hélène Bouvier sings Dalila. The main recording dates from September 1946 and was released on the Naxos Historical label in 2000, with restoration and production credited to Ward Marston.