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Samson and Dalila
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2001-2002
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Samson
Abimélech
First Philistine
Second Philistine
High Priest of Dagon
Philistine Messenger
Old Hebrew
Dalila

Show Dates

Time and Place

1150 B.C.E.; Gaza in Palestine

Scenes

Act I -- The public square in Gaza
Act II -- Dalila's home
Act III, Scene 1 -- The prison dungeon in Gaza
Act III, Scene 2 -- The temple of Gaza

Media

Sponsors

The September 25 performance of "Samson et Dalila" is designated in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Wattis Littlefield's membership in the Diamond Circle.

Acknowledgements

This production of "Samson et Dalila" is made possible, in part, by a generous gift from Montgomery Street Foundation

This production of "Samson et Dalila" was originally sponsored by the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa,
the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera

Notes

Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops

Supernumeraries:
Rose Dawydiak-Rapagnani
Shaheen Munir

Steve Bauman
Jeff Blanchard
Mark Burstein
Marcel Delgado
Andrew Korniej
Charlie Lichtman
Mickel London
Connor Lyons
John F. Martin
Frank Masson
Gary Morgan
Alec Page
Will Sanderson
Louis Schilling
Lord Veerman
Wolfgang Von Huttick