Editing Samson and Delilah (opera) (section)

==Recordings==
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!Year
!Cast: Samson,<br />Dalila,<br />Grand-prêtre de Dagon,<br />Abimélech)
!Conductor,<br />opera house and orchestra
!Label
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|1936 || [[René Maison]],<br />[[Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren]],<br />[[Ezio Pinza]],<br />John Gurney|| [[Maurice Abravanel]],<br />[[Metropolitan Opera|Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus]]<br />(Live recording for radio on 26 December 1936 which has subsequently been released on CD.) || CD: Guild<br />Cat: 2273
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|1941 || René Maison,<br />[[Risë Stevens]],<br />[[Leonard Warren]],<br />[[Norman Cordon]]|| [[Wilfrid Pelletier]],<br />Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus<br />(Live recording for radio on 13 December 1941 which has subsequently been released on CD.) || CD: Omega Opera Archive
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|1946 || José Luccioni,<br />[[Hélène Bouvier]],<br />Paul Cabanel,<br />Charles Cambon|| [[Louis Fourestier]],<br />Paris Opéra Orchestra and Chorus<br />(The first studio made recording and the first recording of the opera to be released commercially.) || CD: Naxos<br />Cat: 8.110063-64
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|1948 || José Luccioni,<br />Susanne Lefort,<br />[[Pierre Nougaro]],<br />Ernest Mestrallet|| Eugène Bigot,<br />[[Grand Théâtre de Genève]] Orchestra and Chorus || CD: Malibran Music<br />Cat: MR502
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|1948 || [[Lorenz Fehenberger]],<br />[[Res Fischer]],<br />Fred Destal,<br />Max Eibel|| Hans Altman,<br />Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks|| CD: Walhall<br />Cat: WLCD 0040
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|1949 || [[Ramón Vinay]],<br />Risë Stevens,<br />[[Robert Merrill]],<br />Osie Hawkins|| [[Emil Cooper]],<br />Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus<br />(Live recording for radio on 26 November 1949 which has subsequently been released on CD.) || CD: Omega Opera Archive
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|1953 || Ramón Vinay,<br />Risë Stevens,<br />[[Sigurd Björling]],<br />[[Norman Scott (bass)|Norman Scott]]|| [[Fausto Cleva]],<br />Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus<br />(Live recording for radio on 14 March 1953 which has subsequently been released on CD.) || CD: Omega Opera Archive
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|1954 || [[Jan Peerce]],<br />Risë Stevens,<br />Robert Merrill|| [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]],<br />[[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Robert Shaw Chorale]] || CD: RCA Victor<br />Cat: LM 1848
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|1955 || Ramón Vinay,<br />[[Ebe Stignani]],<br />Antonio Manca-Serra,<br />Giovanni Amodeo|| [[Fritz Rieger]],<br />[[Teatro di San Carlo|Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus]] || CD: Bongiovanni<br />Cat: HOCO 31
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|1956 || [[Set Svanholm]],<br />[[Blanche Thebom]],<br />[[Sigurd Björling]] || [[Herbert Sandberg (conductor)|Herbert Sandberg]],<br />[[Royal Swedish Opera|Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra and Chorus]] || CD: Caprice<br />Cat: CAP 22054
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|1962 || [[Jon Vickers]],<br />[[Rita Gorr]],<br />[[Ernest Blanc]],<br />Anton Diakov|| [[Georges Prêtre]],<br />Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris || CD: EMI classics
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|1964 || Jon Vickers,<br />[[Oralia Domínguez]],<br />Ernest Blanc,<br />Henk Driessen || [[Jean Fournet]],<br />Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra || CD: Opera D'oro
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|1970 || Richard Cassily,<br />[[Shirley Verrett]],<br />[[Robert Massard]],<br />Giovanni Foiani|| [[Georges Prêtre]],<br />[[La Scala|Orquestra do Teatro alla Scala]]|| CD: Opera D'oro
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|1973 || [[James King (tenor)|James King]],<br />[[Christa Ludwig]],<br />[[Bernd Weikl]],<br />[[Alexander Malta]]|| [[Giuseppe Patanè]],<br />[[Münchner Rundfunkorchester]]|| CD: BMG<br />Cat: 779-2-RG
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|1978 || [[Plácido Domingo]],<br />[[Elena Obraztsova]],<br />[[Renato Bruson]],<br />Pierre Thau|| [[Daniel Barenboim]],<br />Orchestre et Choeur de Paris|| CD: Deutsche Grammophon<br />Cat: 413 297-2
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| 1981 || Plácido Domingo,<br />[[Shirley Verrett]],<br />[[Wolfgang Brendel]],<br />[[Arnold Voketaitis]]|| [[Julius Rudel]],<br />[[San Francisco Opera]] orchestra and chorus|| DVD: Kultur Video<br />Cat: 032031 00109 1
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| 1982 || Jon Vickers,<br />[[Shirley Verrett]],<br />Jonathan Summers,<br />[[John Tomlinson (bass)|John Tomlinson]]|| Sir [[Colin Davis]],<br />[[Royal Opera House]] orchestra and chorus|| DVD: Kultur Video<br />Cat: 032031 00109 1
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| 1989 || [[José Carreras]],<br />[[Agnes Baltsa]],<br />Jonathan Summers,<br />[[Simon Estes]]|| Sir Colin Davis,<br />Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus|| CD: Philips
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| 1991 || Plácido Domingo,<br />[[Waltraud Meier]],<br />[[Alain Fondary]],<br />Jean-Philippe Courtis || [[Myung-whun Chung]],<br />[[Opéra Bastille|Bastille Opera]] orchestra and chorus|| CD: EMI Classics<br />Cat: 54470-2
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| 1998 || Plácido Domingo,<br />[[Olga Borodina]],<br />[[Sergei Leiferkus]],<br />Richard Paul Fink|| [[James Levine]],<br />[[Metropolitan Opera]] orchestra and chorus|| DVD: [[Deutsche Grammophon]]<br />Cat: 00440 073 0599
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| 1998 || [[José Cura]],<br />Olga Borodina,<br />Jean-Philippe Lafont,<br />Egils Siliņš|| Sir Colin Davis,<br />[[London Symphony Orchestra]] & Chorus|| CD: [[Elektra Records]]
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| 2007 || Clifton Forbis,<br />[[Denyce Graves]],<br />[[Greer Grimsley]],<br />[[Philip Skinner]]|| Karen Keltner,<br />San Diego Symphony Orchestra & [[San Diego Opera|San Diego Opera Chorus]]|| CD: Premiere Opera Ltd<br />Cat: CDNO 2793-2
|}
:*''Note: "Cat:" is short for the label's catalogue number where available.''