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
Transmission details: 16 Sep 1966 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration: 266 (134 synopses and features); 132 (opera)

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).

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