[Met Performance] CID:162870
Samson et Dalila {89} Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee: 05/6/1953.


Memphis, Tennessee
May 6, 1953


SAMSON ET DALILA {89}

Samson..................Ramon Vinay
Dalila..................Risë Stevens
High Priest.............Sigurd Björling
Abimélech...............Norman Scott
Old Hebrew..............Dezsö Ernster
Philistine..............Gabor Carelli
Philistine..............George Cehanovsky
Messenger...............Emery Darcy
Dance...................Rex Cooper
Dance...................Cathryn Damon [Last performance]
Dance...................Loren Hightower

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1952-53
• TOUR
• Samson et Dalila: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Samson [Vinay, Ramon]
• Samson et Dalila: Dalila [Stevens, Risë]
• Samson et Dalila: High Priest [Björling, Sigurd]
• Samson et Dalila: Abimélech [Scott, Norman]
• Samson et Dalila: Old Hebrew [Ernster, Dezsö]
• Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Carelli, Gabor]
• Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Cehanovsky, George]
• Samson et Dalila: Messenger [Darcy, Emery]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Cooper, Rex]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Damon, Cathryn]
• Samson et Dalila: Dance [Hightower, Loren]
Met Careers
• Björling, Sigurd [Baritone]
• Carelli, Gabor [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Cooper, Rex [Dancer]
• Damon, Cathryn [Dancer]
• Darcy, Emery [Tenor]
• Ernster, Dezsö [Bass]
• Hightower, Loren [Dancer]
• Scott, Norman [Bass]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Vinay, Ramon [Tenor]