Handel: Samson
Jon Vickers (Samson), Joan Carlyle (Dalila), Joan Sutherland (Israelite Woman), James Pease (Harapha), Lauris Elms (Micah), Joseph Rouleau (Manoah)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard
It seems incredible that a singer of Heldentenor quality like Vickers could sing so stylishly in Handel, with elaborate divisions perfectly executed. Not only that, his portrayal of Samson is... — More…
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- Covent Garden Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
Overture
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I
- Jon Vickers, Joseph Rouleau, Lauris Elms
- Covent Garden Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!
Ye Men of Gaza
Why By an Angel Was My Birth Foretold
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II
- Lauris Elms, Joan Carlyle, Jon Vickers, James Pease
- Covent Garden Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
Did Love Constrain. Return, O God of Hosts
But Who is This, That So Bedeck'd and Gay
With Plaintive Notes and Am'rous Moan
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III
- Lauris Elms, Joseph Rouleau, Jon Vickers, James Pease
- Covent Garden Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
More Trouble is Behind
Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath!
Consider, Samson, Matters Now Are Strain'd