Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila DVD (The Royal Opera)Multi Olivier Award winning director Richard Jones returns to The Royal Opera to stage this spectacular fin de sicle masterpiece, not performed at Covent Garden since 2004. Elna Garana stars as the Philistine Dalila, SeokJong Baek as the inspiring Jewish hero Samson and Antonio Pappano conducts the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. With superb singing in solos and duets of great intimacy and fervour, gorgeous music with thrilling

Format: Blu-raySound: LPCM 2

Duration:  344 mins

Music: Karol Szymanowski

With compassion and meticulous detail

Insights from Kate Flatt

Frau Stahlbaum: Betty Kavanagh

South Bank Show Awards 2010: Nominated (Limen)

ballet and friendship

Kasper Holten’s production (The Royal Opera’s first) of Król Roger (King Roger) brought the opera back to the London stage after an absence of almost 40 years

Fleance: Will Richardson

The ending is as tragic as any Giselle I've seen

as well as 19th-century classics