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Antony and Cleopatra

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Opera in three acts by Samuel Barber based on Shakespeare's play
This concert performance was mounted by Radio
France last September to mark Barber's 70th birthday year; sadly, he died four months later. The opera was commissioned for the opening of the new
Metropolitan Opera House, New York. in 1966. Barber published a revised version in 1976, used in this first European performance. He adorns Shakespeare's text with an appropriate mixture of lyricism and splendour.
CHORUS OF RADIO FRANCE chorus-master FRANCOIS BILGER
NEW PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by JEAN-PIERRE MARTY Acts 1 and 2 3.25* Interval Reading
3.35* Antony and Cleopatra. Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Barber
Chorus-Master:
Francois Bilger
Source: Radio Times

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