[Met Performance] CID:330432
New Production
Samson et Dalila {177} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/13/1998.
(Debuts: Richard Hudson, Graeme Murphy )
Metropolitan Opera House
February 13, 1998
New Production
SAMSON ET DALILA {177}
Saint-Saëns-Lemaire
Samson.....................Plácido Domingo
Dalila.....................Denyce Graves
High Priest................Sergei Leiferkus
Abimélech..................Alan Held
Old Hebrew.................Franz Hawlata
Philistine.................Bernard Fitch
Philistine.................Yanni Yannissis
Messenger..................Matthew Polenzani
Conductor..................Leonard Slatkin
Production.................Elijah Moshinsky
Designer...................Richard Hudson [Debut]
Lighting designer..........Duane Schuler
Choreographer..............Graeme Murphy [Debut]
Samson et Dalila received nine performances this season.
Production a gift of Gramma Fisher Foundation, Mashalltown, Iowa
Additional production gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass; the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1997-98
- Samson et Dalila: Conductor [Slatkin, Leonard]
- Samson et Dalila: Samson [Domingo, Plácido]
- Samson et Dalila: Dalila [Graves, Denyce]
- Samson et Dalila: High Priest [Leiferkus, Sergei]
- Samson et Dalila: Abimélech [Held, Alan]
- Samson et Dalila: Old Hebrew [Hawlata, Franz]
- Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Fitch, Bernard]
- Samson et Dalila: Philistine [Yannissis, Yanni]
- Samson et Dalila: Messenger [Polenzani, Matthew]
- Samson et Dalila: Production [Moshinsky, Elijah]
- Samson et Dalila: Designer [Hudson, Richard]
- Samson et Dalila: Choreographer [Murphy, Graeme]
- Samson et Dalila: Lighting Designer [Schuler, Duane]
- Gramma Fisher Foundation: 1997-98: Production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Production gift: Gramma Fisher Foundation
- Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R.: 1997-98: Additional production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Additional production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass
- Dana Charitable Trust, The Eleanor Naylor: 1997-98: Additional production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Additional production gift: The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust
- Tedlow, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L.: 1997-98: Additional production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Additional production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow
- Wrightsman, Mrs. Charles: 1997-98: Additional production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Additional production gift: Mrs. Charles Wrightsman
- Zilkha, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K.: 1997-98: Additional production gift: Samson et Dalila
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: Additional production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
- 1997-98: Samson et Dalila: 9 performances: New Production: Elijah Moshinsky//Richard Hudson: Statistics
Met Careers
- Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
- Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
- Graves, Denyce [Mezzo Soprano]
- Hawlata, Franz [Bass]
- Held, Alan [Baritone]
- Hudson, Richard [Designer]
- Leiferkus, Sergei [Baritone]
- Moshinsky, Elijah [Production]
- Murphy, Graeme [Choreographer]
- Polenzani, Matthew [Tenor]
- Schuler, Duane [Lighting Designer]
- Slatkin, Leonard [Conductor]
- Yannissis, Yanni [Bass]
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