Recordings
| Year | Cast: Samson, Dalila, Grand-prétre de Dagon, Abimélech) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | René Maison, Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren, Ezio Pinza, John Gurney |
Maurice Abravanel, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 26 December 1936 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Guild Cat: 2273 |
| 1941 | René Maison, Risë Stevens, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon |
Wilfrid Pelletier, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 13 December 1941 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1946 | José Luccioni, Hélène Bouvier, Paul Cabanel, Charles Cambon |
Louis Fourestier, Paris Opéra Orchestra and Chorus (The first studio made recording and the first recording of the opera to be released commercially.) |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110063-64 |
| 1948 | José Luccioni, Susanne Lefort, Pierre Nougaro, Ernest Mestrallet |
Eugène Bigot, Grand Théâtre de Genève Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Malibran Music Cat: MR502 |
| 1948 | Lorenz Fehenberger, Res Fischer, Fred Destal, Max Eibel |
Hans Altman, Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0040 |
| 1949 | Ramón Vinay, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill, Osie Hawkins |
Emil Cooper, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 26 November 1949 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1953 | Ramón Vinay, Risë Stevens, Sigurd Björling, Norman Scott |
Fausto Cleva, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording for radio on 14 March 1953 which has subsequently been released on CD.) |
CD: Omega Opera Archive |
| 1954 | Jan Peerce, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill |
Robert Shaw, NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale |
CD: RCA Victor Cat: LM 1848 |
| 1955 | Ramón Vinay, Ebe Stignani, Antonio Manca-Serra, Giovanni Amodeo |
Fritz Rieger, Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Bongiovanni CAT: HOCO 31 |
| 1956 | Set Svanholm, Blanche Thebom, Sigurd Björling |
Herbert Sandberg, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Caprice CAT: CAP 22054 |
| 1963 | Jon Vickers, Rita Gorr, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov |
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris |
CD: EMI classics |
| 1964 | Jon Vickers, Oralia Domínguez, Ernest Blanc, Henk Driessen |
Jean Fournet, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra |
CD: Opera D'oro |
| 1970 | Richard Cassily, Shirley Verrett, Robert Massard, Giovanni Foiani |
Georges Prêtre, Orquestra do Teatro alla Scala |
CD: Opera D'oro |
| 1973 | James King, Christa Ludwig, Bernd Weikl, Alexander Malta |
Giuseppe Patanè, Münchner Rundfunkorchester |
CD: BMG CAT: 779-2-RG |
| 1978 | Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Renato Bruson, Pierre Thau |
Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre et Choeur de Paris |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 413 297-2 |
| 1981 | Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, Wolfgang Brendel, Arnold Voketaitis |
Julius Rudel, San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Kultur Video Cat: 032031 00109 1 |
| 1982 | Jon Vickers, Shirley Verrett, Jonathan Summers, John Tomlinson |
Sir Colin Davis, Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Kultur Video Cat: 032031 00109 1 |
| 1989 | José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Jonathan Summers, Simon Estes |
Sir Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus |
CD: Philips |
| 1991 | Plácido Domingo, Waltraud Meier, Alain Fondary, Jean-Philippe Courtis |
Myung-whun Chung, Bastille Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 54470-2 |
| 1998 | Plácido Domingo, Olga Borodina, Sergei Leiferkus, Richard Paul Fink |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0599 |
| 1998 | José Cura, Olga Borodina, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Egils Siliņš |
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
CD: Elektra Records |
| 2007 | Clifton Forbis, Denyce Graves, Greer Grimsley, Philip Skinner |
Karen Keltner, San Diego Symphony Orchestra & San Diego Opera Chorus |
CD: Premiere Opera Ltd CAT: CDNO 2793-2 |
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