Lauris Elms - "Softly Awakes My Heart" SAMSON AND DELILAH (Saint-Saëns) 1961

The legendary Australian mezzo-soprano, Lauris Elms sings (in English) "Softly Awakes My Heart" in a 1961 television broadcast of Camille Saint-Saëns opera SAMSON E DALILA (listed as SAMSON AND DELILAH in the credits) Her Samson is the excellent Australian tenor - Raymond McDonald - and the Sydney Symphony is conducted by Joseph Post. The performance was a direct broadcast on November 22nd 1961