175, 145, 115, 80, 50, 35, 15, 6 € Price

Samson

Jean-Philippe Rameau

March 17 to 23, 2025

175, 145, 115, 80, 50, 35, 15, 6 € Price
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People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

Audio description (EN) - Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand. More info on this page
People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing - Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.

Audio description (EN) - Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand. More info on this page
People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing - Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.
Relax sessions - Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability (autism, multiple disabilities, mental or psychic disability, Alzheimer…) may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show. Relax sessions

With a single strong plot and striking music, this total show presents today’s audiences with the edifying tragedy dreamt by Voltaire.

Samson is known for his godlike strength and his passion for Dalila. But his divine birth, announced by an angel, also made him a saviour and a judge while his hopeless self-control, literal and figurative blindness and failures in love made him a hero marked by fate.

Voltaire’s ambition was to offer Rameau a philosophical, rather than academic, opera libretto based on this character from the Book of Judges. But royal censors refused to see the Sacred History dragged onto secular stages. Rameau thus abandoned the project and recycled his score in his later works.

The 1734 project, which cannot be strictly restored, inspired Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon to adopt a more extended and collective frame of reference. The scenario of Samson’s life is cleverly accompanied by a perfect music montage intended to be as true as possible to the original. With a single strong plot and striking music, this total show presents today’s audiences with the edifying tragedy dreamt by Voltaire.

Creation by Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon based on Samson. An opera creation project by Jean- Philippe Rameau, on a censored Voltaire libretto, created on 4th July 2024 at the Festival d’Aix-En-Provence

Musical direction, Raphaël Pichon • Stage direction, Claus Guth • With Jarrett Ott, Ana Maria Labin, Julie Roset, Mirco Palazzi, Laurence Kilsby, Camille Chopin, Richard Pittsinger, Andrea Ferréol, Pascal Lifschutz, a child from la Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra-Comique • Choir and Orchestra, Pygmalion

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Estimated duration : 2h25, including intermission - Salle Favart
175, 145, 115, 80, 50, 35, 15, 6 €

Show performed in French with French and English surtitles

The doors of the opera-house open 45 minutes before the performance.

Audio description (EN)

Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
More info on this page

People with reduced mobility

16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart
+33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing

Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.

Relax sessions

Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability (autism, multiple disabilities, mental or psychic disability, Alzheimer…) may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.

Aged 10 and older

Les Pléiades

Around the show
Each lyrical production is accompanied by our Pléiades, which extend and enrich the content of the performances in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Before the show

To discover

45 minutes before the performance : The keys to the show with the dramaturge of the Opéra Comique (in French).
Salle Bizet | Free

To relax

The intermission bar offers drinks and light refreshments as soon as the theatre doors open.

Accessibility

Audiodescription (In French) | Friday 21 March at 8 pm and Sunday 23 March at 3 pm
This opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.

Production: Accès Culture

Relax session | Sunday 23 March at 3 pm
Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.

 

Cast

Musical direction
Raphaël Pichon
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Stage direction
Claus Guth
Scenography
Étienne Pluss
Costumes
Ursula Kudrna
Playwright
Yvonne Gebauer
Lights and video creation
Bertrand Couderc
Choreography
Sommer Ulrickson
Sound
Mathis Nitschke
Writing collaborator
Eddy Garaudel
Assistant Music Director
Sammy El Ghadab
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Assistant to stage direction
Romain Gilbert
Collaboration on choreography
Gal Fefferman
Costumes assistant
Coline Privat
Lights assistant
Gilles Bottacchi
Vocalcoach
Ronan Khalil
Samson
Jarrett Ott
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Dalila
Ana Maria Labin
Timna
Julie Roset
Achisch
Mirco Palazzi
Elon
Laurence Kilsby
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L'Ange
Camille Chopin
1st year Academy
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A guest
Richard Pittsinger
Samson's mother
Andrea Ferréol (speaking role)
A homeless man
Pascal Lifschutz (silent role)
A child
Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique
Dancers
Theo Emil Krausz, Gal Fefferman, Victoria McConnell, Manuel Meza, Rouven Pabst, Francesco Pacelli, Dan Pelleg, Marion Plantey, Robin Rohrmann, Victor Villarreal, Marko Weigert
Choir and orchestra
Ensemble Pygmalion
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Production
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Coproduction
Opéra-Comique

World premiere July 4, 2024 at the Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence. Produced by the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, in coproduction with Opéra-Comique. With the support of Karolina Blaberg Stiftung, patron of creation in Aix-en-Provence. 

With the support of

And Karolina Blaberg Stiftung, patron of creative work in the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

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