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Samuel Barber Antony and Cleopatra 1966 COMPLETE 3 CD Leontyne Price Schippers
Samuel Barber Antony and Cleopatra 1966 COMPLETE 3 CD Leontyne Price Schippers
Samuel Barber Antony and Cleopatra 1966 COMPLETE 3 CD Leontyne Price Schippers

Samuel Barber Antony and Cleopatra 1966 COMPLETE 3 CD Leontyne Price Schippers

$ 7.92

  • Artist: Leontyne Price
  • CD Grading: Mint (M)
  • Case Condition: Mint (M)
  • Case Type: Paper Sleeve
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Edition: Live Recording
  • Format: CD
  • Genre: Classical, Opera
  • Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
  • Record Label: Private
  • Release Title: Antony and Cleopatra
  • Release Year: 1966
  • Style: Opera
  • Type: 3 CD set

Description

Complete recording of the premiere performance of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra , commissioned for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House in New York, September 16, 1966. Professionally transferred to CD at 2X from a mono 3-3/4 ips private tape recording of an AM broadcast on WOR radio, New York. Program commentary by Milton Cross, complete with most intermission features. Playing time approximately 3 hours. Cast includes Leontyne Price, Justino Diaz, Jess Thomas, Ezio Flagello and Rosalind Elias. Conducted by Thomas Schippers. Sound quality is good, within the sonic limits of an AM broadcast. Discs are spot auditioned and guaranteed to play. Includes b/w copy of notes written on tape box (see photo). USPS Media shipping/tracking (domestic US only). USPS First Class International, with coded customs form as proof of dispatch. Tracking available to certain countries.