Name: Samson et Dalila, op. 47
Start: 1998-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1998-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Mezzo-soprano

Denyce Graves

Delilah

Tenor

Plácido Domingo

Samson

Mark Baker

Baritone

Frederick Burchinal

High Priest of Dagon

Sergei Leiferkus

Bass

Alan Held

Abimelech

Paul Plishka

Old Hebrew

Franz Hawlata

Bernard Fitch

First Philistine

Yanni Yannissis

Second Philistine

Matthew Polenzani

Philistine messenger

Conductor

Leonard Slatkin

Stage director

Elijah Moshinsky

Set designer

Richard Hudson

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Duane Schuler

Choreographer

Graeme Murphy

The Metropolitan Opera

French

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

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

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.

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