[ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA]
G. Schirmer 's / collection of / opera librettos / ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA / opera in three acts / music by / Samuel Barber / the text of William Shakespeare / adapted by / Franco Zeffirelli

ed. New York, G. Schirmer 1966; 24,7x17,1; pp. VI+21 atti 3

teatro New York, Metropolitan, 16 settembre 1966

libr. Zeffirelli Franco mus. Barber Samuel

pers. 1. Cleopatra (sopr.) 2. Octavia (lyric sopr.) 3. Charmian (mezzosopr.), 4. Iras (contr.), attendants on Cleopatra 5. Antony (high bass) 6. Caesar (tenor) 7. Agrippa (bass), 8. Lepidus (ten. buffo), 9. Maecenas (baritone), senators 10. Enobarbus friend to Antony (bass) 11. Eros shield-bearer to Antony, young man's voice (tenor or high baritone) 12. Dolabella (baritone) 13. Thidias ambassador from Caesar (tenor or high baritone) 14. Canidius (baritone), 15. Demetrius (low tenor), 16. Scarus (bass), 17. Decretas (bass), officers to Antony 18. Mardian a eunuch (high tenor) 19. A rustic (baritone or bass) 20. Messenger (tenor) 21. Soothsayer (bass) 22. Alexas attendant on Cleopatra (bass) 23. A soldier of Antony (tenor) 24. A captain of Antony (tenor) 25. A soldier of Antony (baritone or bass) 26.-28. The guards in Antony's camp (basses) 29.-30. Two watchmen (basses) — People of the Empire, attendants on Cleopatra, senators, guards, watchmen, soldiers

oss. [R.] Iª ed. ass.  Iª rappr. ass. A p. II avvertenza: l'opera fu commissionata per l'inaugurazione del nuovo Metropolitan. In quarta di copertina elenco di libretti dell'ed. Soggetto tratto dall'omonimo dramma di Shakespeare.