Antony and Cleopatra

Synopsis

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra with Justino Diaz and Leontyne Price in the title roles. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Thomas Schippers. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Notes

Re-recorded at NYPL May 1987 from borrowed masters loaned by the Metropolitan Opera.

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Writer

Franco Zeffirelli; William Shakespeare

Music

Samuel Barber

Cast

Andrea Velis
Belen Amparan
Bruce Scott
Clifford Harvuot
Dan Marek
Edward Ghazal
Ezio Flagello
Gabor Carelli
Gene Boucher
Jess Thomas
John Macurdy
John Trehy
Justino Diaz
Leontyne Price
Lloyd Strang
Lorenzo Alvary
Louis Sgarro
Luis Forero
Mary Ellen Pracht
Norman Griffin
Norman Scott
Paul De Paola
Paul Franke
Raymond Michalski
Robert Goodloe
Robert Nagy
Robert Schmorr
Ron Bottcher
Rosalind Elias
Russell Christopher

Production Company

Name

Metropolitan Opera, New York

Email

metropolitanopera@metopera.org

Web

https://www.metopera.org/ External site opens in new window

Address

30 Lincoln Center
New York, NY
10023
USA

Sponsor

Name

Texaco

Archive

Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email

rha@nypl.org

Web

http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/rha/rha.html External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 870 1663

Address

New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123