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woman, Delilah, who discovered that he derived his supernatural strength from never cutting his hair. Delilah shaved his hair while he was sleeping and betrayed him to her people, the
Philistines, enemy of the Israelites. The Philistines captured Samson and put his eyes out. The scene was set in
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Italian operas, followed up with two more sacred dramas with English words presented in concert form,
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Philistines are heard, calling on Dagon. Suddenly these sounds turn to noise and panic.
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2330:The Choice of Hercules
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764:Nikolaus Harnoncourt
515:continuo instruments
2944:British citizenship
2897:Händel-Gesellschaft
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2616:Oboe Concerto No. 1
2611:Oboe Concerto No. 3
2281:Occasional Oratorio
2062:Lascia ch'io pianga
1626:Samson coat of arms
1601:Rabbinic literature
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2016:Alessandro Severo
1953:Parnasso in festa
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915:Bibliography
885:Julie Roset,
863:Linn Records
831:Sophie Bevan
805:Matthew Vine
801:Lynne Dawson
655:Karl Richter
647:Helen Donath
551:A messenger
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3050:1741 operas
2675:Fitzwilliam
2637:Water Music
2231:Der Messias
1621:Samson Unit
960:(in German)
939:(in German)
921:Winton Dean
908:Cat:RIC411
866:Cat:CKD599
841:Mary Bevan,
835:Jess Dandy,
816:The Sixteen
692:Helen Watts
687:Janet Baker
682:Robert Tear
673:CD: 453245
530:discography
494:their God.
368:Thomas Lowe
361:Philistine
176:, based on
118:Jean Racine
3034:Categories
2274:Belshazzar
1862:Alessandro
1813:Floridante
1533:Television
1430:Literature
1318:Doc Samson
1220:depictions
1157:Full-text
979:References
843:Hugo Hymas
568:Jan Peerce
554:Conductor,
521:Recordings
430:Philistine
385:Messenger
273:John Beard
2918:Göttingen
2911:Festivals
2844:Germanico
2565:Canticles
2210:Structure
2125:Oratorios
2009:Faramondo
1967:Ariodante
1904:Partenope
1848:Rodelinda
1841:Tamerlano
1799:Radamisto
1745:Agrippina
876:Klara Ek,
847:John Butt
549:A maiden,
298:contralto
110:George II
2998:Category
2386:Cantatas
2323:Theodora
2267:Hercules
2225:Part III
2044:Deidamia
2002:Berenice
1995:Giustino
1981:Atalanta
1855:Scipione
1717:Florindo
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1455:(Milton)
1218:Cultural
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1149:(Handel)
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1820:Ottone
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1161:online
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