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Antony and Cleopatra


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  • Antony and Cleopatra

    Watch video of the world premiere production of "Antony and Cleopatra."

  • Moving Moments

    Moving Moments

    with Gerald Finley as Antony

  • Moving Moments

    Moving Moments

    with Amina Edris as Cleopatra

  • Moving Moments

    Moving Moments

    with Alfred Walker as Enobarbus

  • Moving Moments

    with Paul Appleby as Caesar

  • Moving Moments

    Moving Moments

    with Amina Edris as Cleopatra and Gerald Finley as Antony

  • Moving Moments

    Moving Moments

    with Gerald Finley as Antony and the San Francisco Opera Chorus

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  • Edris and Findley

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  • Edris and Findley

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  • Gerald Findley

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  • Gerald Finley

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  • Edris and Finley on stage embrace in an emotional scene, with a dramatic backdrop and two shadowy figures in the background.

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  • Amina Edris

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  • Amina Edris

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  • stage with a massive image of Amina Edris as Cleopatra

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  • Amina Edris and Alfred Walker in SFO Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Gerald Finley and Amina Edris

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  • Amina Edris

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  • Alfred Walker and Gerald Finley

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  • Amina Edris

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  • Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Gerald Finley

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  • Amina Edris and Gerald Finley

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  • Gerald Finley surrounded by dispirited mariners in the Battle of Actium scene where all is lost for him.

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  • Paul Appleby

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  • Gerald Finley

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  • Amina Edris

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  • Amina Edris

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  • Amina Edris

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Cleopatra's Image

Representations of Cleopatra throughout history.

  • a marble bust of Cleopatra

    Marble Bust, Margaret Foley, 1876

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul William Garber and Philip C. Garber in honor of Sarah R. Garber modeled ca. 1871, carved 1876

  • a drawing of Cleopatra sitting next to a snake in the grass

    Drawing, Albert Fourié, 1915

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Republic of France 1915

  • A medallion featuring Cleopatra's side profile

    English Medallion, year unknown

    Dr. Lloyd E. and Vivian S. Hawes

  • silkscreen print of Cleopatra featuring a teal background with Cleopatra sitting, a cat behind her and a falcon in front of her

    Print, Oda Mayumi, 1978

    Gift of The Tolman Collection of Tokyo 1978

  • A French print depicting Cleopatra meeting Antony at the docks

    French Print, artist and year unknown

    National Museum of American History

  • Etching in black ink on white paper of Cleopatra being attended to by servants

    Print, François-Nicolas Chifflart, 1860

    Bequest of Erskine Hewitt ca. 1860

  • A sculpture of Cleopatra in death, peaceful on her throne

    Sculpture ("The Death of Cleopatra"), Edmonia Lewis, 1876

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Historical Society of Forest Park, Illinois carved 1876

  • Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra poses laying down with two men staring at her

    Film Poster, "Cleopatra", 1963

Listen

Hear four selections from Antony and Cleopatra and musical selections from John Adams’ two previous opera Nixon in China and Doctor Atomic

“News, news, news”/James Maddalena as Nixon, Sanford Sylvan as Chou En-Lai; “Batter my heart”/Gerald Finley; “Am I in Your Light?”/Julia Bullock

Courtesy of Nonesuch Records

 

 



Antony and Cleopatra Pre-Opera Talk
by San Francisco Opera Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna