Samson and Delilah
Item
Record ID
1029
Identifier
90659
Genre
Work Title
Samson and Delilah
Uniform Title
Samson and Delilah
Program/Series Title
Take me out to the opera (Later title: Opera at the Ballpark)
Composer
Text Author
Lemaire, Ferdinand
Production Year
2007
Transmission/Release Date
9/28/07
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
Closed circuit (simulcast) transmission to AT&T Ballpark
Conductor/Music Director
Summers, Patrick
Orchestra
San Francisco Opera
Chorus/Choir
San Francisco Opera
Soloists
Olga Borodina (Delilah) ; Ciifton Forbis (Samson) ; Juha Uusitalo (High Priest) ; Oren Gradus (Old Hebrew) ; Eric Jordan (Abimelech) ; Noah Stewart (Messenger) ; Richard Walker (First Philistine) ; Jere Torkelsen (Second Philistine)
Participants
Kip Cranna, Diane Nicolini, Hoyt Smith (hosts)
TV/Film Director
Zamacona, Frank
Stage Director
Joel, Nicolas
Sets
Schmidt, Douglas W.
Costumes
Robbins, Carrie
Choreography
Heidecke, Kenneth von
Production Company
San Francisco Opera
Producer
Shilvock, Matthew
Technical Information
HDTV
Other Information
A crowd in excess of 15,000 viewed the 11 camera origination from War Memorial Opera House transmitted live in 1920 x 1080 HD via fiber and satellite to AT&T Park's 103 foot wide Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision scoreboard. Christopher Bergen (English subtitles). Earlier transmissions to various viewing locations in the Bay area included Don Giovanni (2007-06-22), Rigoletto (2006-10-06), and Madama Butterfly (2006-05-27).
Duration
ca. 180'
Company
San Francisco Opera
Sourcemat
DLCAT - 159