Learning on ScreenAntony 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
- Transmission details
- 16 Sep 1966 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
- Duration
- 266 (134 synopses and features); 132 (opera)
Credits
- Writer
- Franco Zeffirelli; William Shakespeare
- Music
- Samuel Barber
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Re-recorded at NYPL May 1987 from borrowed masters loaned by the Metropolitan Opera.
- General
- Production staged and designed by Franco Zeffirelli.
- History
- The interval feature included a guided tour of the new Met with Herman Krawitz and Robert Herman, speeches by John D. Rockefeller III and Anthony Bliss, and an interview with Zeffirelli.
- Textual information
- Shakespeare’s text is adapted by Franco Zeffirelli.
- Reviews
- Opera News, vol. 31, no. 2 (2 September 1966).
Production Company
- Name
Metropolitan Opera, New York
- 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
- 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
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