[Met Performance] CID:331000
Samson et Dalila {186} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/28/1998., Broadcast / Telecast
(Opening Night {114}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
Plŕcido Domingo's 30th Anniversary
Broadcast / Telecast)
Metropolitan Opera House
September 28, 1998 Broadcast / Telecast
Opening Night {114}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
Dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Plácido Domingo's Metropolitan Opera debut
SAMSON ET DALILA [186]
Saint-Saëns-Lemaire
Samson..................Plácido Domingo
Dalila..................Olga Borodina
High Priest.............Sergei Leiferkus
Abimélech...............Richard Paul Fink
Old Hebrew..............René Pape
Philistine..............Bernard Fitch
Philistine..............Alfred Walker
Messenger...............Charles Anthony
Conductor...............James Levine
Production..............Elijah Moshinsky
Designer................Richard Hudson
Lighting designer.......Duane Schuler
Choreographer...........Graeme Murphy
Stage Director..........Peter McClintock
TV Director.............Brian Large
Presentation
Joseph Volpe
[Acts I and II were simulcast by one hour delayed transmission and Act III was live. At the conclusion of the opera Joseph Volpe, Bruce Crawford, James W. Kinnear and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined the cast on-stage. Domingo was presented with a New York City Proclamation by the Mayor which dedicated the day in his honor. Volpe spoke about Domingo's unbroken record of thirty years with the Company and the fact that his seventeenth opening night tied Enrico Caruso's record. He presented Mr. Domingo with a Caruso self-portrait caricature and the opening bars of "La dolcissima effigie" from Adriana Lecouvreur (the opera of his debut) framed with an autographed photo of the composer, Francesco Cilea. Domingo thanked his family for their support and spoke at length about his association with the Met. He singled out Messrs. Volpe, Crawford and Levine for their contributions.]
Samson et Dalila received eight performances this season.
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