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The story of Samson, a powerful warrior defeated by female wiliness, is the most famous opera by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Samson et Dalila appeared in the calendar of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus for the first time. It is noteworthy that this production opened the 11^th Minsk International Christmas Opera Forum on 14 December.

The production team was headed by conductor Aleh Lessoun and director Oksana Volkova. The designers are the laureates of the Golden Mask Russian National Theatre Award Etel Ioshpa(sets and costumes) and Stas Svistunovich (lighting and video design). Etel and Stas have already worked with Volkova on her debut production Le Villi. Fatum. The chorus master is the People's Artist of Belarus Nina Lomanovich and choreographer Sergey Mikel. ‘I hope that together we can make the production that will be interesting to our audience...’ the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus Oksana Volkova said.

It should be reminded that the singer performed the role of Dalila at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing. In 2014-1015 a series of performances with the participation of the Belarusian opera prima took place in China.

The leading roles were performed by Oksana Volkova, Anastasia Malevich, Dmitry Shabetya, Ivan Gyngazov, Stanislav Trifonov, Dzianis Yantsevich, Vasily Kovalchuk, Andrey Selutin, Dmitry Kapilov, Oleg Melnikov, Alexander Krasnodubsky, Dzmitry Trafimuk, Yury Bolotko, Alexander Gelakh, Andrei Matyushonok, Yanosh Nelepa.