Samson and Delilah Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Sandra Warfield Boy Michael Burd Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Virginia Johnson Robert Gladstein David Anderson Show Dates Thu, Sep 26 1963, 8:30pm Fri, Oct 11 1963, 8:30pm 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 Media Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Pete Peters Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Pete Peters Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1963_11_compressed.pdf (11.02 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Pete Peters
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Pete Peters
Image Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. James McCracken (Samson) Credit Unknown