On January 15, the City Opera of New York brings Antony and Cleopatra back to New York in a concert performance as the innaugural event to commence international celebrations of Barber’s centenary in 2010. In conjunction with the performance, City Opera will co-present a provocative symposium on January 10, at New York’s Miller Theater. Singers, actors, Egyptologists, art historians, cultural critics, and Samuel Barber’s biographer will offer a wide-angle view of this American masterwork, an historic opera that may yet find a permanent place in the professional repertoire.
Listen to composer Lee Hoiby describe his work with Barber during the composition of Antony and Cleopatra at schirmer.com/newsletter
