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Opera - Aria from Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saens) "Softly Awakes my Heart" or "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"

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A list of great performances of this aria. The first opera I ever went to was this one.

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Great Black Singer: Marian Anderson - Softly Awakes My Heart, 1935

Great Black Singer: Marian Anderson - Softly Awakes My Heart, 1935

Blew me away the first time I heard it...
"Marion Anderson with Orchestral accompaniment. Conducted. by Lawrance Collingwood HMV ca 1935 NOTE: Marian (Marion) ANDERSON (b.1897 in Philadelphia d.1993 in Portland, Oregon) was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century."

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Jessye Norman (1994)

Jessye Norman (1994)

Jane Glover conducts the strings of the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Avery Fisher Hall, April 1994.

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Maria Callas "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix " (1961)

Maria Callas "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix " (1961)

Conductor Georges Pretre 1961 Para Maite.

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S. Verrett & J. Vickers "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"

S. Verrett & J. Vickers "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"

From Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saens . Covent Garden, 1981

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Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Marco Armiliato Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/ang... Official website: http://www.angelagheorghiu.com Twitter official page: http://www.twitter.com/ange... Superstar Angela Gheorghiu, the most glamorous and gifted opera singer of our time, was born in Adjud, Romania.