Samson and Dalila Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1933 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Incidental Dances Arranged by Adolph Bolm Cast Dalila Cyrena Van Gordon Samson Giovanni Martinelli Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon Ezio Pinza Abimelech, Satrape de Gaza Louis D'Angelo Un Vieillard Hébreu Sidor Belarsky Un Messager Philistin Ludovico Oliviero Premier Philistin Georges Simondet Deuxieme Philistin George Eldredge Un Garçon Robert Brown Principal Dancer(s) Elise Reiman Evelyn Wenger Irene Isham Dimitri Romanoff Show Dates Fri, Nov 3 1933, 8:15pm Sun, Nov 12 1933, 2:15pm 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 Act III, Scene 2 -- Interior of Temple of Dagon Media Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (High Priest) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila), Dancers Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (High Priest), Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila), Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d’Angelo (Abimelech) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson), Robert Brown (A Boy), Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalilia) Credit Morton Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Supernumerary Soldiers Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1933_09_compressed.pdf (2.73 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (High Priest) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila), Dancers Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (High Priest), Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalila), Giovanni Martinelli (Samson) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d’Angelo (Abimelech) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Samson), Robert Brown (A Boy), Cyrena Van Gordon (Dalilia) Credit Morton
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Supernumerary Soldiers Credit Morton