Samson and Dalila Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1926 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giuseppe Papi Cast Dalila Louise Homer Samson Charles Marshall High Priest of Dagon Marcel Journet Abimélech, Satrap of Gaza Antonio Nicolich Old Hebrew Victor Vogel Philistine Messenger Lodovico Oliviero First Philistine Amerigo Frediani Boy Carlita Yates Solo Dancer(s) Vera Fredowa Show Dates Mon, Sep 27 1926, 8pm Time and Place Palestine Scenes Act I -- City of Gaza, Palestine Act II -- House of Dalila Act III, Scene 1 -- Prison in Gaza Scene 2 -- Interior of Temple of Dagon Notes The performance also featured the Theodore Kosloff Ballet