Endnote 4 – Samson et Dalila

The most comprehensive analysis of this opera remains Henri Collet, Samson et Dalila de C. Saint-Saëns: Étude historique et critique analyse musicale, Les Chefs-d’Oeuvre de la Musique Series (Paris: Librarie Delaplane, 1922). For a more condensed reading of the opera, see Brian Rees, Camille Saint-Saëns: A Life (London: Chatto & Windus, 1999), pp. 210–215.