As the central couple, SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina are dramatically persuasive and expressive in this revival of Richard Jones’s staging that works hard to make Saint-Saëns’ often dramatically ...

Samson et Dalila (whom we know better as Delilah) is a curiously patchy work by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.

Sometimes operas – even immensely powerful ones – simply don’t make complete sense, and we can see why Dr Johnson dismissed ...

This revival of Richard Jones’s 2022 production of Samson et Dalila excels on a musical level with spectacular performances ...

Aigul Akhmetshina is a magnificent Dalila and SeokJong Baek a compelling Samson in a revival as timely as it is thrilling ...

Exceptional leads SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina stand out in Richard Jones’ production of Saint-Saëns’ Biblical opera ...

With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s ...

The French really know how to write sensual music,” swoons Aigul Akhmetshina. The 29-year-old Russian mezzo-soprano is ...

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Dancer and actor in revues, TV shows, opera and plays who later worked as a host at Ronnie Scott’s ...

Emmerdale's Sam Dingle has been a resident of the ITV soap village for 31 years, but what do we know about the actor's real ...