Samson and Delilah Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1949 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Dalila Blanche Thebom Samson Ramon Vinay High Priest of Dagon Robert Weede Abimélech, Satrap of Gaza John Ford Old Hebrew Desire Ligeti Messenger Leslie Chabay First Philistine Arthur Peters Second Philistine Robin Nelson Solo Dancer(s) Joan Vickers Show Dates Sun, Oct 30 1949, 2pm Time and Place 1150 B.C.; Gaza in Palestine Scenes Act I -- Public Square in Gaza Act II -- Dalila's Home, Valley of Sorek Act III, Scene 1 -- Prison at Gaza Scene 2 -- Interior of Temple of Dagon Notes Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet