Samson and Delilah Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1963 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Georges Prêtre Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Samson James McCracken Abimélech, Satrap of Gaza Joshua Hecht First Philistine Richard Riffel Second Philistine Russell Christopher High Priest of Dagon Julien Haas Messenger of the Philistines Raymond Manton Old Hebrew Peter van der Bilt Dalila Nell Rankin Boy Randy Anger Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Virginia Johnson Robert Gladstein David Anderson Show Dates Tue, Nov 19 1963, 8pm Time and Place 1150 B.C.; Gaza in Palestine Scenes Act I -- Public square in Gaza Act II -- Dalila's home in the valley of Sorek Act III, Scene 1 -- Prison at Gaza Scene 2 -- Interior of the temple of Dagon Notes Corps de Ballet Nell Rankin substituted for the previously announced but indisposed Dalila, Sandra Warfield.