Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

117 mins | Music | Dec. 15, 1991

Antony and Cleopatra is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto was prepared by Franco Zeffirelli. After an unsuccessful premiere, the opera was extensively revised, 9 years later, by Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti.

Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

117 mins | Music | Dec. 15, 1991

Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
Antony and Cleopatra is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto was prepared by Franco Zeffirelli. After an unsuccessful premiere, the opera was extensively revised, 9 years later, by Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti.
Producers
Original title Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
Directors Kirk Browning
Writers

Cast

Catherine Malfitano

as Cleopatra

Richard Cowan

as Antony

Jacques Trussel

as Caesar Octavius

Eric Halfvarson

as Enobarbus

Wendy White

as Charmian

Nancy Maultsby

as Iras

Michael Wadsworth

as Agrippa

Paul Kreider

as Dolabella

Philip Zawisza

as Eros

William F Walker

as Alexas