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Samson and Delilah


SAN FRANCISCO OPERA SERIES - SAMSON AND DELILAH
Approx. Running Time 3 hours

THE STORY
The definitive Delilah of our day, Olga Borodina has been praised by Allan Ulrich in the San Francisco Chronicle for her "gloriously voluptuous singing." The Russian mezzo-soprano reprises her seductive 2001 performance as the tantalizing temptress in an eagerly awaited revival of Saint-Saëns’ biblical epic.

Clifton Forbis, whose powerful tenor voice has thrilled audiences from Vienna to Los Angeles, plays the Old Testament hero who loses his heart, his hair, and finally his strength. Patrick Summers returns to the San Francisco Opera podium to conduct the lavish production.

CAST

Delilah: Olga Borodina
Samson: Clifton Forbis
The High Priest of Dagon: Juha Uusitalo
The Old Hebrew: Oren Gradus
Abimélech: Eric Jordan
Philistines’ messenger: Noah Stewart
First Philistine: Richard Walker
Second Philistine: Jere Torkelsen
PRODUCTION

Conductor: Patrick Summers
Production: Nicolas Joël
Director: Sandra Bernhard
Set Designer: Douglas W. Schmidt
Costume Designer: Carrie Robbins
Original Lighting Design: Thomas J. Munn
Choreographer: Kenneth von Heidecke
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson

Sung in French with English supertitles


Photographs supplied by the San Francisco Opera
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