[Met Performance] CID:152020
Samson et Dalila {72} Matinee Broadcast ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 11/26/1949., Broadcast

(Debuts: Muriel Ives, Willard Leroux, Natalie Kelepovska

Broadcast)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 26, 1949 Matinee Broadcast


SAMSON ET DALILA {72}
Saint-Saëns-Lemaire

Samson..................Ramon Vinay
Dalila..................Risë Stevens
High Priest.............Robert Merrill
Abimélech...............Osie Hawkins
Old Hebrew..............Dezsö Ernster
Philistine..............Leslie Chabay
Philistine..............Clifford Harvuot
Messenger...............Emery Darcy
Dance...................Marina Svetlova
Dance...................Audrey Keane
Dance...................Tilda Morse
Dance...................Peggy Smithers
Dance...................Muriel Ives [Debut]
Dance...................Natalie Kelepovska [Debut]
Dance...................Leon Varkas
Dance...................Alfred Corvino
Dance...................Willard Leroux [Debut]

Conductor...............Emil Cooper

Director................Désiré Defrère
Set designer............Koeck-Meyer Studios
Costume designer........Irene Sharaff
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

Samson et Dalila received ten performances this season.

[Irene Sharaff designed costumes only for the ballet. Risë Stevens' costumes were designed by Motley.]


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Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1949-50
• Samson et Dalila: Conductor [Cooper, Emil]
• Samson et Dalila: Samson [Vinay, Ramon]
• Samson et Dalila: Dalila [Stevens, Risë]
• Samson et Dalila: High Priest [Merrill, Robert]
• Samson et Dalila: Abimélech [Hawkins, Osie]
• Samson et Dalila: Old Hebrew [Ernster, Dezsö]
• Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Chabay, Leslie]
• Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Harvuot, Clifford]
• Samson et Dalila: Messenger [Darcy, Emery]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Svetlova, Marina]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Keane, Audrey]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Morse, Tilda]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Smithers, Peggy]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Ives, Muriel]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Kelepovska, Natalie]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Varkas, Leon]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Corvino, Alfred]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Leroux, Willard]
• Samson et Dalila: Director [Defrère, Désiré]
• Samson et Dalila: Choreographer [Romanoff, Boris]
• Samson et Dalila: Set Designer [Koeck-Meyer Studios]
• Samson et Dalila: Costume Designer [Sharaff, Irene]
• 1949-50: Samson et Dalila: 10 performances: Statistics
• Opera News: Documentation: Samson et Dalila
Met Careers
• Chabay, Leslie [Tenor]
• Cooper, Emil [Conductor]
• Corvino, Alfred [Dancer]
• Darcy, Emery [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Ernster, Dezsö [Bass]
• Harvuot, Clifford [Baritone]
• Hawkins, Osie [Baritone]
• Ives, Muriel [Dancer]
• Keane, Audrey [Dancer]
• Kelepovska, Natalie [Dancer]
• Koeck-Meyer Studios [Set Designer]
• Leroux, Willard [Dancer]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Morse, Tilda [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sharaff, Irene [Costume Designer]
• Smithers, Peggy [Dancer]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Vinay, Ramon [Tenor]