The Harbor Theatre presents an opera the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. January's offering is "Samson Et Delila." A grand opera in three acts, sung in French, performed at the Opéra de Paris (Opéra Bastille), recorded October 2016.

Based on a violent and erotic biblical story, Saint-Saëns’s opera — composed in 1877, much to Liszt’s insistence — would not be performed at the Palais Garnier until 15 years later. This first Parisian performance in is 2 hours 1892 included the hitherto unperformed “Dance Of The Priestesses.”

Nevertheless, it became one of the most performed French operas in the world, together with Faust and Carmen. Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this new production brings back a repertoire masterpiece that has not been performed at the Paris Opera for 25 years. Ever sensational as  a femme fatale, Anita Rachvelishvili plays the murderous Priestess in a production staged by Damiano Michieletto, with Aleksandrs Antonenko as Samson, Egils Silins as Le Grand Pretre de Dagon.

"Samson Et Delila" plays Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. Running time is 125 minutes.

Opera tickets — adults/$16, seniors and youth/$14, theater members/$12 — are available on the day of the presentation. The box office opens one hour before curtain.