Premise: Samson and Delilah (French: "Samson et Dalila" ), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed in Weimar at the Grossherzogliches (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) on 2 December 1877 in a German translation.
Hypothesis: The first performance of Samson and Delilah was not in French.