Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

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.

Cast

Catherine Malfitano

Cleopatra

Richard Cowan

Antony

Jacques Trussel

Caesar Octavius

Eric Halfvarson

Enobarbus

Wendy White

Charmian

Nancy Maultsby

Iras

Michael Wadsworth

Agrippa

Paul Kreider

Dolabella

Philip Zawisza

Eros

William F Walker

Alexas