Overview

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.

Top Cast

Catherine Malfitano

Cleopatra

R

Richard Cowan

Antony

J

Jacques Trussel

Caesar Octavius

Eric Halfvarson

Enobarbus

Wendy White

Charmian

N

Nancy Maultsby

Iras

M

Michael Wadsworth

Agrippa

P

Paul Kreider

Dolabella

P

Philip Zawisza

Eros

W

William F Walker

Alexas