original question: Which opera has the librettist of [Ferdinand Lemaire]?
answer: samson and delilah
answer type: Opera.
auxiliary information: Ferdinand Lemaire was a French librettist and poet, best known for writing the libretto of Camille Saint-Sa√´ns's opera Samson et Dalila. Lemaire was a creole, originally from Martinique, and had married a cousin of Saint-Sa√´ns's wife. Saint-Sa√´ns had previously set two of his poems, ‚ÄúSouvenance‚Äù and ‚ÄúTristesse‚Äù, for voice and piano. Approached by the composer to write an oratorio on the story of Samson and Delilah, Lemaire agreed, but only if the work was to be an opera.
The librettist [Ferdinand Lemaire] appears in which opera?