Bill Barclay, music director of Shakespeare’s Globe, talks about bringing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) to the Hollywood Bowl and the Barbican Centre.

December 3, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Gide, Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, Barbican, BBC Symphony, Bill Barclay, Bramwell Tovey, Florent Schmitt, Hollywood Bowl, Iqbal Khan, Jess Lusk, Kimberly Schuette, LAPO, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lucy Taylor, Mark Pullinger, Paul Hughes, Rob Cross, Rodney Martell, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, Virginia Arts Festival, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Florent Schmitt’s incidental music to Antoine et Cléopâtre, Op. 69 is one of the composer’s most intriguing works – a bright star in the constellation of sumptuous “orientalist” compositions created by this French master. The music was composed for André Gide’s 1920 adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, with the role of Cleopatra performed by the celebrated […]