Antony & Cleopatra Samuel Barber's Opera Shakespeare's Words MP4 DVD
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The Complete Television Premiere Of Samuel Barber's Three Act Opera Using Exclusively William Shakespeare's Language From His Own Play Antony & Cleopatra! Catherine Malfitano And Richard Cowan Star In This Lyric Opera Of Chicago Production Conducted By Richard Buckley (Color, Hi-Fi Stereo, 1991, 2 Hours) PLUS The Complete Historic September 16, 1966 Live Radio Broadcast By Texaco Of The Opening Night Of The New Metropoliton Opera House At Lincoln Center, An Operning For Which Samuel Barber Was Commissioned To Write The Opera And Which Had Its World Premiere At This Performance, Written By Barber As A Starring Vehicle For Leontyne Price, The First African-American Soprano To Receive International Acclaim And Who Beginning In 1961 Had A Long Association With The Metropolitan Opera As Their First Black Singer To Maintain A Sustained Relationship With Them; A Production Costarring Justino Diaz As Mark Antony And With Franco Zeffirelli Writing The Libretto, Directing The Production, And Designing The Sets (Audio Only, 2 Hours 20 Minutes) -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In A 2 Volume Video Download MP4 Set Or A 2 Disc Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD Set! (4 Hours 20 Minutes Total.) #AntonyAndCleopatra #SamuelBarber #CatherineMalfitano #RichardCowan #LyricOperaOfChicago #RichardBuckley #LeontynePrice #JustinoDiaz #FrancoZeffirelli #MetropolitanOpera #MetropolitanOperaHouse #LincolnCenter #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Opera #ClassicalMusic #FinalWarOfTheRomanRepublic #TheFinalWarOfTheRomanRepublic #AntonysCivilWar #TheWarBetweenAntonyAndOctavian #RomanCivilWars #RomanRepublic #MarkAntony #MarcAntony #MarcusAntonius #Octavian #GaiusOctaviusThurinus #Augustus #AugustusCaesar #Caesar #Cleopatra #CleopatraVIIPhilopator #Rome #AncientRome #WesternCulture #WesternCivilization #OccidentalCulture #WesternWorld #WesternSociety #WesternTradition #StoryOfCivilization #JulioClaudianDynasty #Egypt #AncientEgypt #HellenisticEgypt #PtolemaicKingdom #PtolemaicDynasty #PaxRomana #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD
*February 8, 2026: Updated And Expanded: Updated With THE COMPLETE SEPTEMBER 16, 1966 WORLD PREMIERE ON OPENING NIGHT OF THE NEW METROPOLITON OPERA HOUSE AT LINCOLN CENTER, And Expanded Expanded From A Single Volume To A Two Volume MP4 Or DVD Set!
Antony And Cleopatra, Op. 40, is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto was prepared by Franco Zeffirelli. It was based on the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and made use of Shakespeare's language exclusively. The opera was first performed on September 16, 1966, commissioned for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. After its premiere, the opera was extensively revised by Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti in an edition first performed in 1975. It was given its European premiere in 1980 in concert version at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, as part of the "Saison Lyrique de Radio France" under its Music Director, Jean-Pierre Marty. There were further productions at the Spoleto Festival USA and Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in 1983, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1991.
The Complete Television Premiere Of Samuel Barber's Three Act Opera Using Exclusively William Shakespeare's Language From His Own Play Antony & Cleopatra! Catherine Malfitano And Richard Cowan Star In This Lyric Opera Of Chicago Production Conducted By Richard Buckley (Color, Hi-Fi Stereo, 1991, 2 Hours) PLUS The Complete Historic September 16, 1966 Live Radio Broadcast By Texaco Of The Opening Night Of The New Metropoliton Opera House At Lincoln Center, An Operning For Which Samuel Barber Was Commissioned To Write The Opera And Which Had Its World Premiere At This Performance, Written By Barber As A Starring Vehicle For Leontyne Price, The First African-American Soprano To Receive International Acclaim And Who Beginning In 1961 Had A Long Association With The Metropolitan Opera As Their First Black Singer To Maintain A Sustained Relationship With Them; A Production Costarring Justino Diaz As Mark Antony And With Franco Zeffirelli Writing The Libretto, Directing The Production, And Designing The Sets (Audio Only, 2 Hours 20 Minutes) -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In A 2 Volume Video Download MP4 Set Or A 2 Disc Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD Set! (4 Hours 20 Minutes Total.) #AntonyAndCleopatra #SamuelBarber #CatherineMalfitano #RichardCowan #LyricOperaOfChicago #RichardBuckley #LeontynePrice #JustinoDiaz #FrancoZeffirelli #MetropolitanOpera #MetropolitanOperaHouse #LincolnCenter #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Opera #ClassicalMusic #FinalWarOfTheRomanRepublic #TheFinalWarOfTheRomanRepublic #AntonysCivilWar #TheWarBetweenAntonyAndOctavian #RomanCivilWars #RomanRepublic #MarkAntony #MarcAntony #MarcusAntonius #Octavian #GaiusOctaviusThurinus #Augustus #AugustusCaesar #Caesar #Cleopatra #CleopatraVIIPhilopator #Rome #AncientRome #WesternCulture #WesternCivilization #OccidentalCulture #WesternWorld #WesternSociety #WesternTradition #StoryOfCivilization #JulioClaudianDynasty #Egypt #AncientEgypt #HellenisticEgypt #PtolemaicKingdom #PtolemaicDynasty #PaxRomana #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD
*February 8, 2026: Updated And Expanded: Updated With THE COMPLETE SEPTEMBER 16, 1966 WORLD PREMIERE ON OPENING NIGHT OF THE NEW METROPOLITON OPERA HOUSE AT LINCOLN CENTER, And Expanded Expanded From A Single Volume To A Two Volume MP4 Or DVD Set!
Antony And Cleopatra, Op. 40, is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto was prepared by Franco Zeffirelli. It was based on the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and made use of Shakespeare's language exclusively. The opera was first performed on September 16, 1966, commissioned for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. After its premiere, the opera was extensively revised by Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti in an edition first performed in 1975. It was given its European premiere in 1980 in concert version at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, as part of the "Saison Lyrique de Radio France" under its Music Director, Jean-Pierre Marty. There were further productions at the Spoleto Festival USA and Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in 1983, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1991.