Samson and Delilah

Item

Record ID

1029

Identifier

90659

Genre

Opera

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

Saint-Saens, Camille, 1835-1921

Text Author

Lemaire, Ferdinand

Production Year

2007

Transmission/Release Date

9/28/07

Transmission/Release Year

2007

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