Samson et Dalila (1981)

• 67%
• 1981
• Musik
• Plácido Domingo
• Shirley Verrett
• Wolfgang Brendel

While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson-alone-trust-in-God ' s promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philister satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. Ziel calls them to show some defiance, so Abimelech attacks Samson with his sword. Samson seizes the sword and strikes him dead. The Hebrews scatter and the High Priest of Dagon appears, cursing the Hebrews. When a messenger reports that the Hebrews are ravaging the harvest, the High Priest forms a plan to use Delilah to overcome Samson' ' s strength. Delilah' 's beauty is such that Samson can' t resist her for a long. She begs to know the secret of his supernatural strength, but he dich weigerst, though he says he loves her. Delilah betrays Samson by having some Philister soldiers sechzehn him and throw him into a gefängnis in Gaza, where his hair is cut off.