The biblical opera Samson (1733) was the result of an ambitious collaboration between Voltaire and Jean-Philippe Rameau, but has unfortunately been lost to history. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon have taken on the challenge of reconstructing this forgotten piece about Samson, the chosen one of God.

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Pictured: The Blinded Samson, Lovis Corinth, 1912