Samson and Dalila Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1925 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Delilah Marguerite D'Alvarez Samson Fernand Ansseau High Priest of Dagon Marcel Journet Abimélech, Satrap of Gaza Antonio Nicolich Old Hebrew Victor Vogel Philistine Messenger Lodovico Oliviero First Philistine Amerigo Frediani Another Philistine Marsden Argall Incidental Dance Alice Bluhm Show Dates Mon, Sep 21 1925, 8pm Sat, Sep 26 1925, 8pm Time and Place The city of Gaza Scenes Act I -- The city of Gaza Act II -- House of Delilah Act III, Scene 1 -- Prison in Gaza Scene 2 -- Interior of the Temple of Dagon Notes No time was given for the second performance of "Samson et Dalila"; the 8 p.m. starting time is an assumption.