Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Olga Borodina

Delilah

Denyce Graves

Tenor

Plácido Domingo

Samson

Mark Baker

Sergei Leiferkus

No role specified

Frederick Burchinal

Bass

Richard Paul Fink

Abimelech

James Courtney

Bernard Fitch

First Philistine

Alfred Walker

Second Philistine

Charles Anthony

Philistine messenger

René Pape

Old Hebrew

Robert Lloyd

Conductor

James Levine

Stage director

Elijah Moshinsky

Peter McClintock

Set designer

Richard Hudson

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Duane Schuler

Choreographer

Graeme Murphy

The Metropolitan Opera

Samson et Dalila, op. 47 -  (Samson and Delilah)

New York City

United States

Any time Plácido Domingo sings the demanding role of Samson is a gala occasion, but this time was even more special: the performance opened the Met’s 1998-99 season and honored the great tenor on the 30th anniversary of his Met debut. With James Levine bringing out all the color in Saint-Saëns's exotic score, the rest of the cast rose to the occasion. Olga Borodina’s sultry Dalila is matched to Domingo’s searing portrayal of Samson. The cast is rounded out by Sergei Leiferkus, René Pape, and Richard Paul Fink.

Metropolitan Opera House

Samson et Dalila Saint-Saëns

Samson and Delilah

Approved

Samson and Delilah by Saint-Saëns, From (1998/1998), Directed by Elijah Moshinsky, Peter McClintock,, Conductor James Levine, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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