Tales of wars, slaughters, betrayals, competing tribes and religions, and a few dominant women make the Book of Judges one of the more colorful segments of the Hebrew Bible. Camille Saint-Saëns and his librettist Ferdinand Lemaire saw the dramatic and musical potential of Judges' most well-known episode: the seduction and betrayal of Israelite hero Samson […] The post Washington National Opera stages a vocally s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:23PM on March 2, 2020